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Part One Maya Maya Chapter 56 Crossing Magma in a Reed

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    Yi Meng took it, crushed it, unfolded it, and read: "Five hundred steps to the left, there is a ladder to heaven. There are only twelve people left. The witch is powerful!"

    In this way, there is no need to roll the dice, but the witch mentioned in Isabella's message attracted everyone's attention. It seems that the vicious Japanese witch Sayoko is also here. No wonder they can keep walking here.

    The path was clear, and everyone started walking to the left. Qi Lin was lame, so Wasp walked in front, counting the steps while observing the brown-red cliff. After only taking 423 steps, he saw  A line of upward stairs appeared on the brown-red cliff. The Wasp stopped, pointed at Mr. Shi, and then reported the number of steps it had taken.

    Old Shi naturally knew that a woman's pace was smaller and she naturally had to take more steps. Looking forward, there were still cliffs within sight, and there were no other stairs-like scenes. It seemed that this place should be Yi  The ladder mentioned in Sabella's message.

    Speaking of this ladder, it seems a bit exaggerated. To be precise, it is a row of shallow pits dug straight from top to bottom. It is only more than ten centimeters deep and can barely fit your toes. The shallow pit goes straight upward and is very steep.  It is basically equivalent to level 5 rock climbing. If Qi Lin is not sick or injured, it shouldn't be too difficult for Qi Lin to climb up. But it is a bit beyond the capabilities of Mr. Shi, Professor Chen and the big warthog.  What's even more terrible is that this monolithic cliff does not seem to be made of hard rock. Although the texture is also very hard, it seems to be the product of some kind of powdery substance bonded together. As a result, the difficulty of climbing increases sharply.  If you are not careful, the whole piece may collapse, and the consequences are self-evident.

    Finally, after discussion, it was decided to send a wasp to climb up to observe the situation above. On the one hand, it can predict the danger and prevent an accident when everyone climbs halfway, which will lead to the annihilation of the whole army. On the other hand, it can also check the environment above.  See if there are any tools such as plants and vines that can be used. After all, the cable on the dead mouse is only twenty or thirty meters long. It is almost useless for a cliff that is hundreds of meters long according to visual inspection.

    "I just didn't expect that the dead rat would be brave enough to be the first to climb up with the wasp. Mr. Shi nodded in approval.  Then the two started climbing up with a distance of two or three meters apart, with the dead rat at the top and the wasp at the bottom.

    If you were sprinting for 100 meters on flat ground, it is estimated that 20 seconds at best would be enough. However, the vertical climb of this difficulty lasted for more than half an hour. During this period, a wasp once stepped on the lower edge of a shallow pit.  , a large piece of brown-red soil fell suddenly. Thanks to the strength of the wasp's upper limbs, it was hung in the air with just its arms. After finding its balance, it stepped firmly again and continued to climb up.

    Seeing that the dead mouse and wasp had disappeared from the top of the cliff, Qi Lin knew that they had reached the top safely. Less than five minutes later, the wasp appeared again. At the same time, a dark iron chain slowly appeared from the air.  Put it down, and finally it droops to the ground.

    Then Wasp made a ready gesture on it. Fanghua was still worried. After pulling down a few times, he used the cables left by the dead mice to tie them into the waists of Shi Lao, Professor Chen and Warthog respectively.  Then he tied the cable tightly around his waist and climbed up the iron chain first. Then Shi Lao, Professor Chen and Warthog climbed on one after another like grasshoppers on a string. In order to prevent accidents, Taoist Master Xuan Jizi  Falling behind the warthog in case of accidents, followed by Yi Meng, Qi Lin was the last to climb up the chain.

    Although Qi Lin injured one leg, this kind of vertical climbing on the rope can only be regarded as a piece of cake. What is really worrying is the second elder and the fat warthog on the top. Fortunately, except for the cold sweat dripping from time to time, the entire team did not have any trouble.  Any surprises.

    However, when Yi Meng was halfway up the climb, he asked Qi Lin inexplicably what he meant when he said he couldn't survive for a few days when he was cutting out the flesh to remove worms.  Qi Lin was embarrassed. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to change the topic and said, "Xiao Yi, how could the wasp find the chain on it? It seems that no one in this place is dead.  Yes, this chain should not be specially prepared for us, right? Then this is wrong. Also, Isabella should be in custody, why can she calmly leave wax pills for us every time?  And not to be discovered by Fake and the others. You know, making wax pills requires some materials and time. I always feel that something is wrong, but I can¡¯t explain it clearly!"

    Along the way, Yi Meng felt that some things were not consistent with common sense, but she had never thought about it so deeply. After hearing what Qi Lin said, she immediately fell into rigorous logical reasoning and seemed to have forgotten the question she just asked.

    Although Qi Lin was suspected of changing the topic, this was indeed his question since he entered the golden navel. Moreover, those wax pills containing messages were found to be a little too simple, as if they were deliberately placed on the only way to wait for the migrants.  's arrival

    Just when Yi Meng fell into thinking, Qi Lin felt something coming from above.Taoist priest Jizi seemed to be looking at him, Qi Lin raised his head, and sure enough, the Taoist priest nodded to him, which seemed to be acknowledging Qi Lin's thoughts just now.

    Although with the help of iron chains, by the time Qi Lin finally climbed to the top of the maroon cliff, a full hour had passed.

    Qi Lin clapped his hands, began to turn his sore waist, stretched and relaxed his body, and then looked around.  At this time, the vast jungle that we had passed through before was like a high green barrier, and the Desolate Swamp was like a wide blue diaphragm, surrounding the brown arc-shaped cliff at our feet in a circle, seeming to deliberately isolate the world.  hustle and bustle.

    The arc-shaped cliff painted huge arcs extending to both sides, disappearing from sight further away, but Qi Lin could clearly feel that the cliff finally became a ring, tightly binding the stairs that could be seen when turning around.  It is a tall mountain peak that towers into the clouds. A circle of white mist obscures the outline of the top, making it difficult for people to discern the truth.

    Qi Lin withdrew his gaze from the mist on the peak above his head, and was shocked to find that the top of this ring-shaped brown-red cliff was as smooth as a knife. The traces of manual polishing were clearly visible. On the top platform, which was about 70 to 80 meters wide,  A twenty-meter-wide river suddenly passes through the middle. The water is clear, but its depth is unpredictable. I can only feel that my line of sight is far from the bottom. Perhaps its depth is enough to penetrate this brown-red cliff into the wall.  Go deeper into the swamp!

    Qi Lin felt a little surprised. In order to verify his judgment, Qi Lin came to the outer edge of the cliff again and looked down.  Sure enough, the bottom of the cliff seems to be connected to the swamp below, nourishing the swamp at its feet with an everlasting flow. Looking further into the distance, the place where the swamp and the virgin forest meet is the entrance of the Grape River flowing upstream.  , it seems that the Grape River originates from the swamp, and the swamp originates from the river running down the center of the brown cliff.

    But where does the water source of this river come from?  Could it be that the peak in the cloud is covered by clouds and mist, and the true face cannot be seen?  If this is the case, then this peak must be an extremely high snow-capped mountain, capable of collecting water and energy, and high enough to intercept the atmospheric circulation passing through in all directions, so that it can generate abundant precipitation and provide enough for the three-ring biological zone at the foot of the mountain.  water source.

    Qi Lin told Mr. Shi exactly what he thought, but Professor Chen looked happy and said, "Xiao Qi, it's good. You can connect these clues and determine the source, which shows that you have a high level of understanding.  Maybe you can come work in my research group after you go back, I welcome you with both hands."

    "Ahem, Professor Chen, there must be a first-come, first-served basis. Xiao Qi agreed to be my student in the Feathered Serpent Pyramid of Teotihuacan. You can't take away someone's love!" Mr. Shi hurriedly said.  He said, with a look of reluctance on his face as someone had torn two ears of fresh corn from the field.

    Qi Lin listened to the exchange of words between the two national treasure experts and felt dumbfounded in his heart. He thought to himself: "When did we promise you two? I am living a very comfortable life in my young life. I don't want to go to some research institute or scientific group or something like that."  The places under control are controlled by people. It is said that those places are retirement places with a cup of tea and two newspapers. I am still young! Besides I don¡¯t have much time"

    When Qi Lin thought of this, his mood instantly dropped. Yi Meng, who was watching his words, thought that it was because Qi Lin was unwilling to be Mr. Shi's closed disciple, so wouldn't he have missed the opportunity to get along with him day and night, so he tried to persuade him and prepared to give him some advice.  The teacher adds a handful of firewood

    Suddenly, Fanghua's voice sounded from the inner edge of the platform: "Mr. Shi, Professor Chen, come and see, why is this high wall filled with magma? Isn't this an active volcano? It's too dangerous!"

    Qi Lin came to his senses and took the lead to the river in the middle. He saw another thick iron chain on the river, as if it was specially prepared for him. Qi Lin turned around and pulled up the chain that had not yet been released from Shi Lao's waist.  The cable was tied into a ring on the iron chain, and then Professor Chen climbed up the iron chain first, hanging his limbs tightly on the iron chain, while crawling forward, pulling Shi Lao and Professor Chen across the river.

    After a while, everyone had arrived on the other side of the creek, and then walked towards the inner edge of the top platform.  Before he even got close, a scorching heat wave steamed up from below, and Qi Lin felt that his hair and eyebrows on the front were curled up.

    Qi Lin covered his face with his hands and stood on the inner edge of the cliff. He looked down and saw that the dark red magma at a depth of forty to fifty meters was rolling up and down, roaring from side to side, and occasionally bubbling.  The magma is not just in front of you, it seems to extend far away in a ring on both sides, faintly embracing the yellow-brown mountain on the other side, forming an extremely charming ring-shaped ribbon.

    Opposite the magma ribbon is another higher cliff, as smooth as if it had been polished.  Qi Lin looked at the magma surrounding zone that was two to three hundred meters wide, and felt troubled in his heart, "How can we get past it? If someone makes a mistake and falls, he will surely turn into a fire in the hot magma.A bubble.  "

    Everyone's hesitation was resolved as Dead Mouse pointed his finger at the sky on one side. At the end of the field of vision on the right, there seemed to be a round bridge, sloping down from the high clouds and landing on the cliff where everyone was standing.  .

    Without any hesitation, everyone walked towards this "bridge". The closer they got, the clearer they could see. What kind of bridge was this? It was simply a cylindrical stone pillar!  The surface is too smooth to stand on.

    Everyone was quite disappointed, but they still walked to the stone pillar.  The diameter of the stone pillar is three meters. The upper end is deep into the clouds and mist, and the situation cannot be clearly seen. However, the fallen end is inserted into the small river channel in the center of the platform at the top of the cliff. The sound of flowing water illustrates the actual purpose of the stone pillar - a drainage pipe!

    The warthog looked at the freshness and looked into the river for a moment. Seeing that there was no danger, he volunteered to jump into the river and swam to the opening of the drainage pipe. He stretched his head from the side and looked in. After a while, he looked towards the water on the river bank.  Everyone shouted: "This is just a fucking sewer, but the water is not too dirty. There doesn't seem to be any garbage or feces. Wait, I will taste it first Well, it is indeed very clean, and it tastes a little sweet."  , it¡¯s simply Nongfu Spring! Hahaha!¡±

    The people on the shore were amused by the warthog. It was nothing like this, and it even started to provide free advertising for Nongfu Spring. Moreover, the warthog was really not particular about it. He drank it directly with his mouth without fear of poison or parasites in it.  Something like that.

    But after laughing, Qi Lin finally figured out the source of the water of the Grape River in the swamps and forests below. Sure enough, it flowed from above. Moreover, this drainage pipe did not seem to be made of stone, but looked a bit like some kind of metal.  But a hollow metal pipe with such a diameter was definitely not something that could be made in that era or even in the last generation of Maya where everyone is currently. When you think about the high brown wall where you are now and the various strange creatures in the forest swamp, you can basically conclude that the entire  This area was set up deliberately, and the designer is definitely not the human being he belongs to!

    Qi Lin couldn't help but tremble when he thought of this, and then asked the warthog in the river: "Old You, look at how high the water level is in the drainage pipe. Is it full?"

    The warthog put his head in and looked at it carefully, and then replied: "It's only a quarter of the water level, not full! It's just that the water temperature is higher, it's almost like a hot bath."

    When Qi Lin heard this, his heart moved, and he turned to Mr. Shi and said, "Mr. Shi, do you think this will work? The water level in this pipe is only a quarter, which means there is air in it that can be breathed. The higher the water temperature, the higher the water temperature.  It¡¯s the result of the magma below being burned, but it¡¯s not so high that it¡¯s scalding. We can climb up through this pipe, which may be the only way now.¡±

    Old General Shi cast his gaze into the distance. There was no other way above the magma surrounding zone, so he nodded and agreed to Qi Lin's suggestion.

    A group of people jumped into the river one after another, and then tested the water temperature, and then got into the thick drainage pipe one by one. Fortunately, the inner diameter of the water pipe was large enough, and the head could not be touched without bending down. The water flow should not be too fast, at least it can  Standing in the water without being washed away, the water depth just reached the waist and hips. The lower part of the body was soaked in the slightly hot water. It was very comfortable, and the fatigue all over the body seemed to have subsided a lot.

    It's just that the tilt angle of this drainage pipe is a bit large. Qi Lin estimated that it is close to 30 degrees. Moreover, the parts of the pipe wall where water has been soaked for a long time have grown a lot of moss, making it slippery to step on. If you are not careful, it will cause damage.  They would fall down, so everyone leaned their bodies and stretched out an arm to support the wall of the pipe on one side.  To be safe, Fanghua did the same thing again, but this time there was an extra wasp between Mr. Shi and Professor Chen, so that the power of the two could safely drive the two elders forward.

    However, everyone's equipment had been handed over and thrown away, and not even a bright flashlight was left, so the group had to walk in the dark in the dark drain pipe. Fortunately, the pipe was straight, and the water was not rotten, and there was no trace of water in the water.  There was no miasma and poisonous fog, so everyone's progress was generally smooth.

    Time always flies by in the darkness. Apart from the heavy breathing of people, there is no other sound in the dark drain pipe.  After another journey, the dead rat walking in the front said "Hey", and then there was the sound of ripples in the water surface as his hands turned around. After a moment, the dead rat suddenly screamed.

    Qi Lin was originally walking at the back, but when he heard the dead rat's cry, he immediately staggered forward and came to the dead rat's side. He saw the dead rat pointing at the water, his frightened eyes flickering in the darkness.  Qi Lin gently stretched out his hand and touched the direction of the dead mouse's finger. Then a complete outline of a human body was transmitted into his brain through Qi Lin's palm, corpse!

    Qi Lin didn't care, he raised his hands, and with the buoyancy of the water, he lifted the head and neck of the corpse out of the water. This was a very complete corpse, but this corpse seemed to be very heavy, and a layer of aphrodisiac had grown on the surface of the body.  layerFluff.

    At this time, Mr. Shi had already come over. After looking at it for a moment, he scraped the corpse's face twice with his fingers, and the hair fell off.  "It's moss! It seems that our previous judgment was correct. You see, the moss is already attached to the skin, which means that the water in this pipe is not free of microorganisms and bacteria, but it has not rotted away, which means that the corpse is  The skin or the entire body has been specially treated. In addition, this weight shows that the muscle tissue and internal organs in the skin are still preserved, because prehistoric flies cannot enter and lay eggs here, so they cannot breed maggots, so that the whole body tissues can be preserved. Perhaps  We can verify to see if the heart of this corpse is still intact, but we must be aware that there may be heartworms lurking inside!"

    However, there was no light and he could not see clearly, but the Taoist priest thought more carefully. At this time, he took out a dry cable 20 centimeters long from his arms, then poured the remaining gunpowder on the rope, and lightly touched the two pieces with the flint.  Next, the fire suddenly lit up, and it was so bright that everyone could not open their eyes. After a moment of adaptation, Qi Lin saw that the clothes on the corpse were in the same style as the thousand-year-old corpse in the swamp, which meant that the corpse had been preserved for thousands of years.  I couldn't help but admire the mastery of this embalming technique.

    Anatomy was already familiar to Qi Lin. He saw the sharp blade of the dog-leg knife passed by, and a neat wound appeared on the chest of the corpse. Qi Lin dug the tip of the knife deeply, and then picked one knife on the left and right sides, a cross-shaped knife incision.  Having already appeared, Qi Lin was afraid of the heartworm and did not dare to use his hands. He had to use the tip of the knife to poke left and right, and the internal organs appeared in front of him one by one, including the lungs, stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine, and even the twelve fingers.  The intestines were intact and even retained their original color, but the heart was missing.  Qi Lin turned it over again and found the green remains of the heartworm with only a dry skin sac in a shriveled artery where the heart had been.

    Everything was as expected by Mr. Shi. Looking at the reality in front of them, everyone put away their previous jokes about Mr. Shi's overly unreasonable reasoning and turned to look at him with admiration.

    "It's strange, the pipe wall is so smooth, and the water flow is always there, why can this body be fixed in this pipe?" Professor Chen suddenly asked.

    Qi Lin slapped his forehead and wondered why he had not thought of this obvious irregularity, so he prepared to turn the body over to see if there was anything weird behind it, but after folding the body to one side, he could no longer turn it over.  Qi Lin felt that the waist of the corpse seemed to be fixed to the wall of the pipe, so he put his hand under the corpse and groped for it.

    Sure enough, there is something strange. Just below the seven cervical vertebrae of the corpse, that is, the ninth to eleventh vertebrae of the thoracic vertebrae, there seems to be a thin hard piece tightly embedded in the vertebrae.  Without stopping, Qi Lin simply put the blade in and pried it hard. After a crunching sound, his body was slowly moved downward by the force of the water flow. Qi Lin reached out and touched it, one centimeter at a time.  The metal piece five centimeters wide and long was tightly adsorbed on the pipe wall. Qi Lin continued to exert force, but he could not peel it off from the pipe wall no matter what. The adsorption force was extremely strong.

    Qi Lin had no choice but to tell everyone the situation exactly as it was. At this time, Professor Chen walked to the position of the metal piece. Qi Lin grabbed Professor Chen's hand and placed it on top of the metal piece. After Professor Chen lowered his head and fumbled for a while, he raised his head and said  : "This is a special metal that should have a corresponding relationship with the material of the pipe wall we are in, just like the relationship between a magnet and ferrous metal. Maybe the pipe we are currently in is not just for draining water.  In fact, if a piece of this metal was implanted in the spine of every living Mayan, they would never be able to escape from the magma-surrounded peak island. This kind of metal piece implanted in the human body is actually equivalent to shackles, only more sophisticated.  That¡¯s all.¡±

    "An isolated island? Professor Chen, are you saying that the mountain in front of us is isolated?" Qi Lin asked in shock.

    "Yes, such a ring of forests, a ring of swamps, a ring of high walls, and a ring of magma. If it is not for isolation, what other purpose can it have? And this extremely special geographical structure, I think  It¡¯s hard to find anywhere in the world, maybe everything here is man-made.¡±

    "Holy crap! We can even build volcanic lava, forest swamps, snow peaks and mountains. Who the hell are these designers?" Qi Lin couldn't help blurting out the curse word, but it also represented everyone's mood at this time.  So no one intervened to refute.

    Since this drainage pipe is so special, it is definitely not a place to stay for a long time. The group speeded up and continued to move forward.

    Not long after, a ray of light was seen coming along the drain pipe. The nine people who had been wandering in the darkness for a long time saw the light and couldn't help but feel a lot of strength. After walking dozens of steps, Qi Lin was the first to get out of the drain pipe.  out.

    In front of you, a clear river flows, and a wooden bridge spans the water. On the other side of the river, threeThe two mulberry trees are lush and lush, the peach blossoms are in bloom, and the sweet fragrance is tangy. A few bees are surrounding the branches of a tree, working diligently. A few butterflies are dancing gracefully at this time, sometimes falling into the depths of the grass and disappearing, and sometimes disappearing.  Then he suddenly flashed his wings and flew away into the distance

    In the distance, there are crisscrossing streets and long green fields. In the farmland like a checkerboard, one or two yellow rapeseed flowers are blooming. A few tall corn plants have just sprouted ears, and their fine flower whiskers are blowing gently in the breeze.  Swinging; a plowing cow seemed to have just finished its farm work and was freed from the shackles of the noose. It was lazily enjoying the food and leisure time. Its long tail swung restlessly to drive away annoying flies; a native dog  He stopped and looked around, as if he was wondering whether the group of strangers were relatives and friends of the owner or annoying passers-by. His mouth was slightly opened, and a bark was in his mouth, about to be spit out at any time; on the fence wall of a thatched cottage, a proud rooster with a red crown tasseled  , looking down at his wife and children digging on the ground for food, his eyes full of care and kindness

    Peach Blossom Spring!

    Qi Lin looked at this tranquil and leisurely scene, and the scene of Tao Yuanming's masterpiece appeared in front of his eyes.  The other seven people also had thoughts like Qi Lin at this time. They had encountered strange darkness and experienced hardships and obstacles. All of this at this time was simply a good medicine for soothing physical and mental trauma

    However, Taoist priest Xuan Jizi did not seem to be so leisurely and elegant. At this time, the Taoist priest was frowning. After thinking for a while, he squeezed out a question from the corner of his mouth: "It's strange! In such a vibrant place, it seems that there is no one left.  !¡±

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