Idol's Doomsday Survival Guide
Chapter 27 Crystal Cave
At the end of the tunnel, after they jumped down one by one, the unknown liquid below was almost knee high.
A natural karst cave is formed in the bottom space, and a large number of crystal clusters grow in the gap between the karst ditch and the stone mantle, which is bright blue.These crystals are less common and not the kind of substance you would see in chemistry class, and clean ingredients may be an unsolved mystery, at least in human understanding.
The blue light they observed in the tunnel just now should come from these crystals.
Ji Nanze looked up, and there were crystal clusters distributed in every possible fork in the cave, and it didn't look like it existed before the outbreak of the infection.As for the specific time, it is difficult for him to speculate.
When they blinked, their eyelids were filtered into crystal light, and these irregularly distributed crystals became the only light source in the dark cave bottom.
There is a layer of liquid accumulated at the bottom of the cave, which is three to four centimeters deep by visual inspection. The deeper the cave, the deeper the accumulated water will become.There are floating objects in the water. Ji Nanze twisted it a little, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and found that it might be some kind of smelly substance.
Zou Tu saw that he seemed to be interested in this thing: "Senior, do you know what this is?"
"It should be the smell of rancid protein." Ji Nanze said with some disgust, "Skatole has formed, which is particularly unpleasant."
The thin monkey probably heard a "shit", he pinched his nose, and cursed: "I'm going to vomit!"
"Changfeng, hurry up and find out what else is in the water." Hai Sen crossed his arms, looking indifferent, "I forgot to mention, Changfeng is a genius in science and engineering in our institute."
Gu Changfeng shook his head: "...not going."
Hearing him talking about science and engineering, the thin monkey immediately became interested: "Then Haisen, what do you do?"
Hai Sen still folded his arms, looking smug: "Brother Monkey, look at me, am I someone who can accomplish great things?"
The thin monkey really held his chin and looked at it carefully: "It's not like. You can achieve great things, and pigs can go to heaven."
Hai Sen rolled his eyes: "That's unbelievable, it looks like I'm just picking up cheap money on the backs of three good students."
Luosang immediately pinched the thin monkey's ear: "You have a butt on the left and a pig on the right, vulgar or not, boring or not?"
The thin monkey bent down in pain: "I'm vulgar, I'm boring, I'm guilty... good sister, don't pinch me."
Heisen smiled happily.
Gu Changfeng glanced at him: "Stop bothering others."
"What can I do." Hai Sen said with a smile, "Are they fun?"
Closer to home, after hearing the conversation between Zou Tu and Ji Nanze, Luosang joined the discussion and asked, "Nanze, according to what you said, why is there such a large amount of water here? And generally speaking, why do caves exist... Smelly?"
"It might be some kind of nutrient." Ji Nanze said, looking ahead.
Zou Tu couldn't help but look up at him: "What did the senior see?"
Ji Nanze pointed his finger into the darkness, and with the weak and dim light source of the crystal cluster, they finally saw the root system at the bottom of the sarcoma, which is also the worst ecological one.
At first, Ji Nanze only thought that the root system of the sarcoid was a kind of existence similar to the branches of plants, so as to absorb the nutrients provided by the entire cave.
But his assumption was a bit wrong, this root system was not built on living matter, but formed by countless giant python corpses twisting around, and they went straight to the sky, which was indescribably spectacular.
The ensuing suffocation is like the rat king phenomenon, with countless rats entwining their tails together, forming a terrifying scene comparable to hell.
In the middle of the group of snakes, there is a boulder floating on the water.
It also looks like it was formed naturally. Between the thick and thick body of the giant python, the inside is vague and indistinct.
They waded forward cautiously, approached about 15 meters, and finally saw the scene clearly.
Luosang covered his mouth, but a scream still escaped from his throat.
A group of zombies sat around the boulder, all of them in a kneeling position, forming a circle in a cult-like gesture.
Ji Nanze counted a little, and the number of zombies ranged from fifty to fifty.
"Senior." Zou Tu stood in front of him, and he lowered his voice, "I don't think the situation is right."
When they were in school, they also speculated that these zombies were likely to be controlled by outsiders.
Now, what is presented in front of them is the most powerful proof.
The action mode of the zombies is likely to be controlled by some kind of external force.
"They... seem to be praying." Ji Nanze said, "It's strange, usually at such a distance, these zombies will get up and attack us. But they didn't do that."
"It seems that they are not very sensitive to sound." Zou Tu frowned. "From the appearance, I don't think they are any different from the zombies I met before."
"Hurry up." Ji Nanze thought for a while and said, "Find the drainage system and find a way to get out of here."
Heisen doesn't like to engage in discussions.Now that someone has made a substantive decision, he also agrees with this person, including the thin monkey.To them, it doesn't matter who they are, as long as they don't let them use their brains, the plan is perfect.
"Brother Zou, do you want to disperse and search around?" said the thin monkey. "There is so much stinky water here, and it doesn't seem to go down at all. It must be that the grandson of the drainage system is passive and sabotage."
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Zou Tu glanced at him, "Hurry up and look for them separately. By then, none of them will be able to escape."
The thin monkey was shocked when he heard it, and immediately begged Luosang to accompany him to find it.
When Zou Tu walked over, Ji Nanze was tightening his cuffs.The spider venom spread, and the blood vessels in his left arm had turned black, almost affecting his upper arm.
"Senior, what's the matter?"
Ji Nanze quickly dipped his arm under the liquid, but at this moment, the dirty water flowed into the wound, and his scalp tingled with pain.
"I'm fine, I'm looking for the drainage system."
"Senior, after leaving here, do you want to find a way to get a car? Not only will you not have to go back to the service area, but you will be able to drive all the way to the South Pole." He said, "It doesn't take a day to arrive. If you are tired from driving, find a place to rest .”
"Why, don't you want to live in a big city?"
"Not really, senior, I just don't know if the world can be saved or not."
"I don't know either. But I hope that everyone can return to their previous lives." Ji Nanze said, "These long nights accompanied by death, and every tomorrow we hate so much are the hopes of countless victims who died today." Not tomorrow."
"...If it's really hopeless, let's go to Antarctica."
"Why do you think about Antarctica every day?" Ji Nanze couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How can you get to Antarctica by car?"
"How is it impossible? Senior doesn't know." Zou Tu smiled at him, "When we go to Antarctica, where infection is not a threat, we can live a peaceful life. Don't worry about people dying every day. You don’t need to live in fear. Therefore, as long as you have the heart, it is not impossible to go to Antarctica.”
"Very good. If the plan can be more realistic, I will definitely support you."
"Senior, don't make fun of me, maybe I'm telling the truth too?" Zou Tu also reached into the water, he bent down, and his little finger touched Ji Nanze's hand, "Senior, your hands are cold, are you okay? "
Ji Nanze quickly pulled out his hand, for fear that he would find out.
"It's okay!... The water is a little cold, and it will naturally be a little cold after soaking in it. Don't worry about me."
Zou Tu thought he was resisting, so he took a step back dumbly: "Sorry, shouldn't I..."
"It's okay." Ji Nanze smiled at him, "Stop apologizing to me all the time, you will push me further and further away."
The inner wall of the cave has long been covered with polyps, and it is difficult for them to find their way out.
But Ji Nanze moved slowly on purpose.
If he stands still, the water will trickle slowly past his fingertips.This phenomenon is so weak that the skin can hardly feel it, but Ji Nanze held his breath and grasped this feeling.
The water flow has a direction, which means that this cave is not a completely closed space.
Ji Nanze moved forward slowly along the knee-high water, pushing his fingers, towards a direction that he couldn't tell.
Zou Tu saw that Ji Nanze was silent and only advancing slowly, and immediately followed.
"What did the senior find?"
"I don't know if it's reliable or not, and I'm not sure." Ji Nanze was a little nervous, "Every choice I make now is related to the life and death of everyone. I dare not..."
"It's okay, tell me, I'll take it with you." Zou Tu showed disapproval.
"...Although it is very subtle, the water flow here has a fixed direction." Ji Nanze compromised, he lowered his head, and said, "I think there should be an exit waiting for us in front. But judging by the flow speed alone, this The size of the export won't be too big. Let's not get our hopes up."
"There is little hope." Zou Tu said, and he stretched his hand in to feel the water flow, "...it's worth a try."
Gu Changfeng's thoughts were similar to Ji Nanze's, and they basically found the right direction.Unlike regular spelunking, they cannot go up.The structure of the entire cave has been forcing them to move forward layer by layer, but as they continue to go deeper, the air quality becomes worse and worse.Zou Tu wiped his nose several times, but the feeling of sand in his nasal cavity did not go away.
"Sad nose?" Ji Nanze squeezed it for him.
Zou Tu nodded, and said in a muffled voice, "Well, I want to sneeze but I can't."
"Be sad and bear with it." Ji Nanze said, "It will be fine after I get out. Zou Tu, do you have a bit of rhinitis?"
"Yes." Zou Tu rubbed his nose again, and now he was so uncomfortable that he could hold back tears, "I don't have much influence, that is, the more I get into this environment, the more uncomfortable I feel, it's nothing serious."
"Did you take the rhinitis spray that Shouhou took before?"
Zou Tu smiled wryly: "I don't have it on me. If I had some, I would have used it long ago. I guess I lost it when it fell off, but I'm really fine...just go out and take it easy. Don't worry, senior."
"Okay, tell me what's going on."
Gradually, Ji Nanze felt that the cave he was in became narrower, and the water level submerged his thighs.He took a deep breath and walked hard in the icy water.Several people followed one after the other, not even daring to breathe.
Suddenly, a black shadow swam across the water in front of him.Ji Nanze stopped in his tracks instantly, and he felt cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.But Splash had exposed his position.As the thin monkey asked in confusion, he felt something cold...wrapped around his ankle.
A natural karst cave is formed in the bottom space, and a large number of crystal clusters grow in the gap between the karst ditch and the stone mantle, which is bright blue.These crystals are less common and not the kind of substance you would see in chemistry class, and clean ingredients may be an unsolved mystery, at least in human understanding.
The blue light they observed in the tunnel just now should come from these crystals.
Ji Nanze looked up, and there were crystal clusters distributed in every possible fork in the cave, and it didn't look like it existed before the outbreak of the infection.As for the specific time, it is difficult for him to speculate.
When they blinked, their eyelids were filtered into crystal light, and these irregularly distributed crystals became the only light source in the dark cave bottom.
There is a layer of liquid accumulated at the bottom of the cave, which is three to four centimeters deep by visual inspection. The deeper the cave, the deeper the accumulated water will become.There are floating objects in the water. Ji Nanze twisted it a little, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and found that it might be some kind of smelly substance.
Zou Tu saw that he seemed to be interested in this thing: "Senior, do you know what this is?"
"It should be the smell of rancid protein." Ji Nanze said with some disgust, "Skatole has formed, which is particularly unpleasant."
The thin monkey probably heard a "shit", he pinched his nose, and cursed: "I'm going to vomit!"
"Changfeng, hurry up and find out what else is in the water." Hai Sen crossed his arms, looking indifferent, "I forgot to mention, Changfeng is a genius in science and engineering in our institute."
Gu Changfeng shook his head: "...not going."
Hearing him talking about science and engineering, the thin monkey immediately became interested: "Then Haisen, what do you do?"
Hai Sen still folded his arms, looking smug: "Brother Monkey, look at me, am I someone who can accomplish great things?"
The thin monkey really held his chin and looked at it carefully: "It's not like. You can achieve great things, and pigs can go to heaven."
Hai Sen rolled his eyes: "That's unbelievable, it looks like I'm just picking up cheap money on the backs of three good students."
Luosang immediately pinched the thin monkey's ear: "You have a butt on the left and a pig on the right, vulgar or not, boring or not?"
The thin monkey bent down in pain: "I'm vulgar, I'm boring, I'm guilty... good sister, don't pinch me."
Heisen smiled happily.
Gu Changfeng glanced at him: "Stop bothering others."
"What can I do." Hai Sen said with a smile, "Are they fun?"
Closer to home, after hearing the conversation between Zou Tu and Ji Nanze, Luosang joined the discussion and asked, "Nanze, according to what you said, why is there such a large amount of water here? And generally speaking, why do caves exist... Smelly?"
"It might be some kind of nutrient." Ji Nanze said, looking ahead.
Zou Tu couldn't help but look up at him: "What did the senior see?"
Ji Nanze pointed his finger into the darkness, and with the weak and dim light source of the crystal cluster, they finally saw the root system at the bottom of the sarcoma, which is also the worst ecological one.
At first, Ji Nanze only thought that the root system of the sarcoid was a kind of existence similar to the branches of plants, so as to absorb the nutrients provided by the entire cave.
But his assumption was a bit wrong, this root system was not built on living matter, but formed by countless giant python corpses twisting around, and they went straight to the sky, which was indescribably spectacular.
The ensuing suffocation is like the rat king phenomenon, with countless rats entwining their tails together, forming a terrifying scene comparable to hell.
In the middle of the group of snakes, there is a boulder floating on the water.
It also looks like it was formed naturally. Between the thick and thick body of the giant python, the inside is vague and indistinct.
They waded forward cautiously, approached about 15 meters, and finally saw the scene clearly.
Luosang covered his mouth, but a scream still escaped from his throat.
A group of zombies sat around the boulder, all of them in a kneeling position, forming a circle in a cult-like gesture.
Ji Nanze counted a little, and the number of zombies ranged from fifty to fifty.
"Senior." Zou Tu stood in front of him, and he lowered his voice, "I don't think the situation is right."
When they were in school, they also speculated that these zombies were likely to be controlled by outsiders.
Now, what is presented in front of them is the most powerful proof.
The action mode of the zombies is likely to be controlled by some kind of external force.
"They... seem to be praying." Ji Nanze said, "It's strange, usually at such a distance, these zombies will get up and attack us. But they didn't do that."
"It seems that they are not very sensitive to sound." Zou Tu frowned. "From the appearance, I don't think they are any different from the zombies I met before."
"Hurry up." Ji Nanze thought for a while and said, "Find the drainage system and find a way to get out of here."
Heisen doesn't like to engage in discussions.Now that someone has made a substantive decision, he also agrees with this person, including the thin monkey.To them, it doesn't matter who they are, as long as they don't let them use their brains, the plan is perfect.
"Brother Zou, do you want to disperse and search around?" said the thin monkey. "There is so much stinky water here, and it doesn't seem to go down at all. It must be that the grandson of the drainage system is passive and sabotage."
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Zou Tu glanced at him, "Hurry up and look for them separately. By then, none of them will be able to escape."
The thin monkey was shocked when he heard it, and immediately begged Luosang to accompany him to find it.
When Zou Tu walked over, Ji Nanze was tightening his cuffs.The spider venom spread, and the blood vessels in his left arm had turned black, almost affecting his upper arm.
"Senior, what's the matter?"
Ji Nanze quickly dipped his arm under the liquid, but at this moment, the dirty water flowed into the wound, and his scalp tingled with pain.
"I'm fine, I'm looking for the drainage system."
"Senior, after leaving here, do you want to find a way to get a car? Not only will you not have to go back to the service area, but you will be able to drive all the way to the South Pole." He said, "It doesn't take a day to arrive. If you are tired from driving, find a place to rest .”
"Why, don't you want to live in a big city?"
"Not really, senior, I just don't know if the world can be saved or not."
"I don't know either. But I hope that everyone can return to their previous lives." Ji Nanze said, "These long nights accompanied by death, and every tomorrow we hate so much are the hopes of countless victims who died today." Not tomorrow."
"...If it's really hopeless, let's go to Antarctica."
"Why do you think about Antarctica every day?" Ji Nanze couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How can you get to Antarctica by car?"
"How is it impossible? Senior doesn't know." Zou Tu smiled at him, "When we go to Antarctica, where infection is not a threat, we can live a peaceful life. Don't worry about people dying every day. You don’t need to live in fear. Therefore, as long as you have the heart, it is not impossible to go to Antarctica.”
"Very good. If the plan can be more realistic, I will definitely support you."
"Senior, don't make fun of me, maybe I'm telling the truth too?" Zou Tu also reached into the water, he bent down, and his little finger touched Ji Nanze's hand, "Senior, your hands are cold, are you okay? "
Ji Nanze quickly pulled out his hand, for fear that he would find out.
"It's okay!... The water is a little cold, and it will naturally be a little cold after soaking in it. Don't worry about me."
Zou Tu thought he was resisting, so he took a step back dumbly: "Sorry, shouldn't I..."
"It's okay." Ji Nanze smiled at him, "Stop apologizing to me all the time, you will push me further and further away."
The inner wall of the cave has long been covered with polyps, and it is difficult for them to find their way out.
But Ji Nanze moved slowly on purpose.
If he stands still, the water will trickle slowly past his fingertips.This phenomenon is so weak that the skin can hardly feel it, but Ji Nanze held his breath and grasped this feeling.
The water flow has a direction, which means that this cave is not a completely closed space.
Ji Nanze moved forward slowly along the knee-high water, pushing his fingers, towards a direction that he couldn't tell.
Zou Tu saw that Ji Nanze was silent and only advancing slowly, and immediately followed.
"What did the senior find?"
"I don't know if it's reliable or not, and I'm not sure." Ji Nanze was a little nervous, "Every choice I make now is related to the life and death of everyone. I dare not..."
"It's okay, tell me, I'll take it with you." Zou Tu showed disapproval.
"...Although it is very subtle, the water flow here has a fixed direction." Ji Nanze compromised, he lowered his head, and said, "I think there should be an exit waiting for us in front. But judging by the flow speed alone, this The size of the export won't be too big. Let's not get our hopes up."
"There is little hope." Zou Tu said, and he stretched his hand in to feel the water flow, "...it's worth a try."
Gu Changfeng's thoughts were similar to Ji Nanze's, and they basically found the right direction.Unlike regular spelunking, they cannot go up.The structure of the entire cave has been forcing them to move forward layer by layer, but as they continue to go deeper, the air quality becomes worse and worse.Zou Tu wiped his nose several times, but the feeling of sand in his nasal cavity did not go away.
"Sad nose?" Ji Nanze squeezed it for him.
Zou Tu nodded, and said in a muffled voice, "Well, I want to sneeze but I can't."
"Be sad and bear with it." Ji Nanze said, "It will be fine after I get out. Zou Tu, do you have a bit of rhinitis?"
"Yes." Zou Tu rubbed his nose again, and now he was so uncomfortable that he could hold back tears, "I don't have much influence, that is, the more I get into this environment, the more uncomfortable I feel, it's nothing serious."
"Did you take the rhinitis spray that Shouhou took before?"
Zou Tu smiled wryly: "I don't have it on me. If I had some, I would have used it long ago. I guess I lost it when it fell off, but I'm really fine...just go out and take it easy. Don't worry, senior."
"Okay, tell me what's going on."
Gradually, Ji Nanze felt that the cave he was in became narrower, and the water level submerged his thighs.He took a deep breath and walked hard in the icy water.Several people followed one after the other, not even daring to breathe.
Suddenly, a black shadow swam across the water in front of him.Ji Nanze stopped in his tracks instantly, and he felt cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.But Splash had exposed his position.As the thin monkey asked in confusion, he felt something cold...wrapped around his ankle.
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