Endless route

Chapter 258 28. The whole city was buried [Enter the dungeon]

At twelve o'clock at noon, two off-road vehicles left the explorer camp and went deep into the rainforest along the muddy road. Although Zhang Ergou led the way, the vehicle in front was driven by Zheng Yun.

This road sucks.

The last 20 kilometers were all in a swamp area. It was not as wet as a swamp, but when I stepped on it, there was mud up to the top of my feet.

The route chosen by Zhang Ergou was an old road opened by explorers last year. Those explorers spread all the trees and vines along the road onto the road, and also scattered a lot of stones and planks to raise it.

Wet mud was splashing under the special rainforest tires. The windshield was covered with black mud spots and rotten leaves. The off-road wheels were deep and shallow, and you could hear the tires spinning while in the car.

As soon as the summer sun comes out, the entire rainforest is filled with mist evaporating from the swamps. It drifts out from the gaps in the dark forest vines on the left and right sides of the dirt road. It is difficult to see the road through the clouds and fog.

The key point is that there are a lot of off-road vehicles on this road. There were three vehicles in front of Zheng Yun. As he was walking, they suddenly sank. The vehicles were pressed against the end of the tree trunk, and the other end was lifted up in the mud.

Compared with this bad road, the rainforest road to La Maine Town was simply a highway in paradise.

"How come they all happened to roll over?"

Ji Dao looked confused. After walking a few kilometers, they saw several off-road vehicles stuck in the mud ditch. They must have had an accident when they were on the wrong side of the vehicle, and they all rolled over on the side of the road.

"They were all overthrown by people."

"Most of the people who come to the Nanze ruins are experienced explorers. No one is short of one or two cars. If the car gets stuck, just push it to the side of the road. Don't block the road."

Zheng Yun glanced at it and continued driving.

As for whether the car owner pushed it himself, it’s hard to say. It might have been pushed by other explorers, depending on their quality, but it’s true that no one picked up the car.

"It's really lively, Master Immortal. I have never seen such a lively and dangerous place. These explorers are so eager and not afraid of death. They are all good materials to be sea guards."

Ji Dao muttered in a teasing tone.

Zheng Yun drove relatively steadily, but someone behind him actually thought the two cars were slow and honked his horn to overtake them.

No one has ever seen this scene before. It seems that this road is not a dirt road, but a road to 'get rich', and the destination is not a ruins, but a treasure place to pick up money.

It took more than half an hour to drive 13 kilometers, and the road became more difficult as we went further, until the swampy river appeared.

All the parking spaces near the river beach were full of cars. There were at least forty or fifty at a glance. If one car could seat five people, that would mean at least two hundred people had crossed the river.

And that’s not counting taking the car back to the campsite.

And this road is just one of four.

"Master Immortal, I am really convinced. The things left by our Minghaiwei are actually so attractive?"

Ji Dao stared at the off-road vehicles that filled the rainforest, and the dozen foreigners who got off the car in front of him. He was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say. Are they really just here to go to the fair in a dangerous place?

In case there is something in the ruins of Nanze Ancient City.

How many of these explorers will survive in the end?

"Okay, let's change the name."

Zheng Yun sighed and had nothing to say. He could only put aside the plot of helping others and let them do their own thing.

"Okay, I'll move the things." Ji Dao nodded and turned to the back, where he and Zhang Ergou unloaded the equipment from the car.

They don't have many things, because the swamp is full of water, and the steaming environment is full of blind spots. No one can see it once you get into the rain forest.

Find a piece of iron sheet and put it on the mud, then put down the black jade pillow to open the fairy gate. They don't need to carry things on their backs.

Buzz buzz.

Zheng Yun's phone vibrated.

He took out his phone and took a look. It was actually a call from Xu Yu. Zheng Yun wiped the screen and pressed the call button to answer.

"Zheng Yun, you were not here when the order was taken, but Professor Zhang said you had already set off?" Xu Yu's voice sounded.

"Well, I'm about to enter the rainforest." Zheng Yun looked around. The signal in this deep mountain forest was quite good. It should be the mobile vehicle brought by the General Administration of Cultural Heritage for signal relay.

"You should have a meeting before leaving. Gubo just sent some information. They have new discoveries in the ruins of Nanze, as well as information on previous victims. You can make some preparations in advance."

"You should be going to the Ancient City No. 1 area. The fog in that area contains slight toxicity. You can get anti-toxic supplies from the camp of the Palace Museum in No. 1 City."

"The Foun Archaeological Team is not leaving now. We will enter the ruins tonight. There are no entry conditions for the No. 2 and 3 Ancient City. We will explore near the No. 1 Ancient City..."

Xu Yu continued to remind people of things to pay attention to.

The ruins of the ancient city No. 1 are right in front of Zheng Yun, No. 2 has to go further south for more than ten kilometers, and No. 3 is twenty kilometers away in the southwest. It will take a few days for people to enter.

There are also two suspected ancient city areas, No. 4 and No. 5, which are farther away. You may have to wait until mid-to-late summer, when the water vapor in the swamp area continues to evaporate, and the water level drops before you can enter.

You can also consider entering by boat, but even if you go in by boat at this time, the ruins are still soaking in the water or buried in the mud, making it impossible to explore in depth.

This is first-hand information from the Palace Museum.

Previously, Zhang Ergou said that Nanze only had one or two ancient urban areas, because the outside explorers in the camp did not know about the ancient urban area No. 3 at all, let alone the No. 4 and No. 5 ancient cities.

However, these information may not be accurate, so Botai emphasizes safety, while the Royal Museum is free to form teams to compete. Perhaps Western explorers have already entered by boat.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu, we are all prepared."

Zheng Yun replied politely. Mr. Xu did take care of him. Seeing that he was not around, he even made a special phone call to remind him.

"You move too fast and always end up missing. Alas, I won't say any more. May you all have a safe journey."

Xu Yu sighed and hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Yun was pulled into a group of official groups. There were a large number of documents and related information compiled. There was even a meteorological team that released weather and high-altitude bird's-eye views all the time.

What a top supporter.

I saw several helicopters at the camp just now. Although they cannot land in the swamp, they can carry out rescue operations in the air.

Putting away his mobile phone and looking behind him, Ji Dao and the others had already taken out their equipment and stuffed the off-road vehicle into the rainforest clearing. Zhang Ergou locked the vehicle carefully, fearing that it would be stolen.

There are more than just explorers here.

There are also a large number of local residents.

They had seen it from a distance on the bus before. There were slums in that port city and the environment was relatively chaotic.

But something was wrong with Zhang Ergou. He was suspicious and circled the off-road vehicle around and around to confirm the door lock. He had already circled it four or five times before Zheng Yun's eyes.

Snapped.

A muffled sound sounded in Zhang Ergou's ears, and at the same time his shoulder hurt, and a hand suddenly fell on his shoulder.

"ah?"

Zhang Ergou was startled.

"Are you okay?" Zheng Yun reached out and patted Zhang Ergou on the shoulder, frowning slightly and looking at his face.

"It's okay. It's easy to lose things here, so be careful." Zhang Ergou had a normal expression and his eyes were clear. Maybe he was a little distracted by Ji Dao's words.

"Let's change clothes."

Zheng Yun turned his head and looked at the suspension bridge. A dozen white explorers in the car in front had already climbed onto the bridge with backpacks on their backs and walked to the other side on rotten wooden boards. Everyone was fully equipped.

The humidity in the rainforest is too high, and the heat at 30 degrees is unbearable. These explorers wore rainforest boots and seamless waterproof jackets, without wearing any clothes underneath.

Head protection is an insect screen hat.

Zheng Yun's choice was to put on a light closed diving suit directly, with the backpack on the outside of the diving suit. The oxygen breathing equipment on the head was not worn for the time being, and the exploration hat was used to hold it up first.

No clothes can be worn inside this way of dressing.

They changed their clothes in the car, and when they got off the bus, everyone was dressed in black, and they were as armed as frogmen.

Although he was traveling lightly, the Yin Soldier Ghost General still carried a huge package containing a lot of messy gadgets. Jidao's preparations for avoiding insects alone weighed twenty or thirty kilograms.

Although the planets are different, many methods are universal. For example, the blood-patterned emperor sword can kill creatures with hemoglobin, and the ghost toxin can kill living creatures with nerves.

"Set off."

Zheng Yun walked towards the suspension bridge.

His blood sword is in the sword box on Ji Dao's back, together with Ji Dao's long sword and the ghost general's ghost sword.

"This bridge is really good enough."

Ji Dao looked at the trembling suspension bridge.

"After passing this bridge, there are some more difficult levels to pass behind. This road is really difficult to walk."

Zhang Ergou led the way to the bridge.

The ten people crossed the bridge in three batches to avoid damaging the simple rope bridge. After crossing the bridge, they accelerated towards the depths.

The wet mud in the depths of the rainforest is deeper, and every time you step down, you can sink into your ankles. If you stand motionless, you will continue to sink deeper into the depths at a slow speed.

Fortunately, people have walked a lot and it has become a road. When you encounter mud, you will fill the road and build a bridge when encountering water. The ground is full of branches and vines left by explorers. As long as you are careful where you step, there is no danger.

Been walking for a while.

They had entered the depths of the rainforest. Except for the human traces made by the explorers, the entire rainforest was frighteningly silent.

The ecology of the swamp is extremely special. There are dark green or black algae floating on the water, and vines and tall trees in the swamp area are intertwined with each other, entangled above their heads.

The sun shines down fiercely.

But it just couldn't reach the ground.

The fertile soil in the swamp area allows plants to grow extremely lush. Due to competition among the same species and the strangulation of vines, trees with a diameter of one or two meters fall over at any time and slowly rot in the swamp.

Zheng Yun and his party traveled through the bottom of the tropical rainforest. The light was dim and the fog was filled. Many roads were so dark that they could not see clearly. They had to use a flashlight to see clearly.

Occasionally, dazzling rays of light shine through the gaps in the tree canopy into the lower layers with the Tyndall effect, casting into the footprints of explorers in the mud, shining the golden color of the turbid water spots.

There are so many details in the tropical rainforest.

Tiny insects swimming in the swamp water, the chirping sounds hidden in the rotting tree trunks, the bubbles rising from the depths of the green puddles, and the strange undulations buried under the mud.

"If those extreme hedonistic explorers were to come, I can't even imagine what they would do."

Ji Dao pulled out his ankle that was stuck in the mud, looked at the few mud bugs adsorbed on his calf, and suddenly shuddered.

Those things in the album.

It left a huge shadow on his soul.

"Be careful not to cut your clothes."

Zheng Yun glanced back. Ten people were walking along the path, but the mist was too thick. Zheng Yun could only see the seventh Yin soldier, and the last ghost general was only a hazy shadow.

This damn place is really hard to get into.

After getting out of the car and walking for five to six kilometers, their weight was estimated to have increased by seven or eight pounds. In addition to the mud on their legs, there were also various bugs hanging on their wetsuits in search of heat.

At a glance, you can see that there are a series of insects hanging on Ji Dao's arms, trying to chew through his clothes like loaches.

Fortunately, the wetsuit has some strength.

Otherwise, insects would have gotten in long ago.

No wonder the archaeological team needs to do some repairs. The swamp rainforest should not be entered at noon in midsummer. There is so much water mist that it can be compared to the foggy sea. The situation may be better in the morning and evening.

"Are there any large creatures in this rainforest?"

Ji Dao looked around and asked.

"Yes, most of them are amphibians. The richness of swamp ecology is second to none. The types and quantities of organisms are unimaginable. Professor Zhang's information is very thick."

Zheng Yun looked ahead again. The dozen or so white explorers were walking faster, and they could only see the footprints on the ground.

"Master Immortal, we will be here soon."

Zhang Ergou held the map and said.

Everyone walked forward for a certain distance, and suddenly there were many voices in their ears. They followed the sound and walked over. The rain forest on the left and right gradually became thinner, and the light shone into the rain forest from the front.

A clearing suddenly appeared.

Suddenly there was solid ground under my feet.

Under half a foot of soil, there are blocks of gray brick roads. Walking out of the rainforest along this stone road, there is a long row of stone platforms in front of you. It is more than one meter high and looks like an ancient Ming Dynasty city wall, entangled with messy vines. Full to the brim.

The sight is also bright at the same time.

It feels like breaking through the clouds and seeing the sun.

"It's actually buried so deep?"

Jidao took a breath. The meter-high broken stone pillar in front of him was clearly the top of the ancient city wall.

They had the construction drawings of the ancient city of Nanze in their hands. The ancient city wall was 30 meters high, but it was buried until only a sharp tip remained. Those who didn't know better thought it was just a stone bridge.

"This should be the east wall."

Zheng Yun looked forward and saw a straight road above, estimated to be more than several kilometers long. Because there was a city wall below, there were only vines and no trees on this road.

The stone platforms on the city walls have gradually become rounded due to erosion, and each of them looks like a stone pier. They are pitted and tattered, and have been tortured by time and nature.

Everyone climbed up the stone platform and took a look. The ten-meter-wide city wall was full of explorer tents. The mud was shoveled away by them, exposing the city wall floor tiles, and they set up camp in a clean area.

"It's the east wall. This part is the territory of outside explorers. Therefore, the archaeological team is on the side of the stone tower of the city wall in front. There is one of the few entrances to this city wall."

Zhang Ergou introduced aloud that his tour guide career ended here, and he had never been to other places in the future.

"Stone Tower?"

Ji Dao immediately looked over, and could vaguely see a five or six meter shadow at the end of the city wall through the mist.

It's really a city wall gate tower.

Judging from the height, it should be a two-story building. Gubo's No. 1 City Camp is over there. Casual explorers are leaning around the camp. Maybe they feel safer spending the night.

"The whole city was buried."

Zheng Yun looked to the west.

Under their feet was the east wall, and to the west were the ruins of the ancient city. But at this moment, they could only see endless tropical rainforests and swamps, not the spectacular ancient city at all.

In ancient cities, the 30-meter-high city wall was the highest point in the entire city. Even among the pagodas and pavilions of Buddhism and Taoism, there were not many that exceeded 30 meters.

Since the city walls have been buried, the entire city is in the swamp. No matter how bustling and bustling the ancient city was in ancient times with crowds of people and bright lights, it is now sealed underground.

Watch this scene.

Zheng Yun was slightly dazed.

It was as if all obstacles had been cleared, and an empty city appeared in front of us. The crisscrossing streets and alleys were deserted, the doors and windows of every house were silently open, only dust was left on the bars of the tavern, and only painted boats were floating on the river that passed through the city.

Everyone died.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city.

Die on the same day and at the same moment.

The city is so silent at this moment.

When the foreign sea guards disembarked and suddenly discovered this, the city was full of corpses that had been completely submerged in the swamp...