red tomb

"What a wide river!"

Facing the water surface that can be described as endless as far as the eye can see, no one can object to this sentence.But the problem is that the river is more than words can describe.

"This river...why is it so bright?" Jiang Siqi was sensitive to changes in light, and was the first to discover the problem.

When he mentioned this, the other three people all paid attention.

Generally speaking, reflections on the water surface are normal, not to mention they have torches in their hands.However, the water is so clear that there is not a single fish; as far as the firelight reaches, the reflected silver light is also dazzling.At first they thought that this dazzling feeling was just an illusion caused by walking in the dark for too long, but it was not the case——

"Wait? Here..."

Su You suddenly realized something.He traced the source of the light and lowered his head, staring at the surface of the water.Between the unhurried ripples, the shiny silver underneath is revealed.Those scale-shaped silver lights looked like they were brought up by the water surface, but the size and curvature of the ripples were not consistent with the water surface.

"There's still a layer of liquid underneath!" Jin Sheng almost immediately followed up with the rest of the sentence.

Several people were shocked instantly.Silver liquid, what could it be?Coupled with their previous speculation about the tomb...

—No doubt, Quicksilver!

"It's a big mess." Jin Sheng dared to swear to the sky that his swear words were completely sincere.Mercury what is that?It is highly toxic, and the evaporated concentration at normal room temperature alone is enough to kill people several times! "Is it too late to wear a mask now?"

Everyone knows it's too late to ask this question.Because mercury vapor can poison people not only from the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, but also the exposed skin, the difference is only sooner or later.

"But these mercury are sealed in liquid." Su You wanted to take a deep breath, but had to give up—the current situation is that the faster you breathe, the faster you die. "We can treat them as not volatile, or not much volatile."

Jiang Siqi cursed in a low voice. "A double-layered river, with mercury at the bottom... I now know why there are no living things in it." Damn it was poisoned to death, okay?

"Then there is really a lot of mercury." Jin Sheng added an objective fact, but his tone was dry. "Considering its density..." What kind of rock formation is under here, so thick and dense that it does not float to the surface of the mercury at all, and there are no cracks for the mercury to slip away?

Du Ying, who had never been involved in discussions on mercury toxicity and specific gravity, changed the subject at this time. "Look over there!"

Following the direction of his fingers, everyone found that there was a dusty stone platform standing on the more open water like the center of the lake.There seemed to be something on the stone platform, and it naturally emitted a blue light.It's just that gray and cyan are really inconspicuous compared to the silver light all over the sky, so they didn't notice it at first.

"Is that the green seal on it?" Jiang Siqi asked quickly.Then he realized another point: "Wait a minute, the green seal you said was Jushui!" Didn't a single word mention Jushuiyin? !

Du Ying said he was also innocent. "As I said, it's just a legend. I haven't seen it with my own eyes." He thought for a while, and added: "But it is indeed likely to be a green seal."

"Well, here comes the problem." Su You reluctantly accepted the deduction, "But how do we go up?"

None of the four could come up with any good ideas.They dispersed, two went upstream and two went downstream, but they found nothing—they had originally made an appointment to meet at the same spot in an hour, but before the time came, the two sides ran into each other face to face—

Well, this is not a river, it is more likely to be a closed loop!

Or, did they all go the wrong way and come back to where they came from?

No matter what kind of guess it was, the four of them couldn't verify it.And since there is no breakthrough to follow, they can only set their target on the green seal in the distance.

"If it's really a river, it's fine. We can still cross it with light clothes." Jin Sheng squatted on the lake in dismay, picking small stones to cut water and play.He is very good at this, the stone jumps quickly and smoothly, and the range is extremely long.

Jiang Siqi saw Jin Shenglu's hand for the first time, even if the time was wrong, he couldn't help but look a few more times curiously.The stones make beautiful water splashes, rising and falling again and again, which is indeed a wonderful scenery.

"Actually, you can swim there, as long as you don't touch the mercury underneath, and don't bring them up..." Su You thought silently, "Backstroke?"

Jin Sheng was too lazy to talk to Su You.What a joke!Swimming in a pool of mercury?From a living person to an embalmed corpse in minutes!

Du Ying didn't quite agree either. "It's too risky," he advised, "you might as well walk over me."

"Is this possible?" Jin Sheng reacted a lot to this, because a pebble he was throwing didn't control his strength well, and it sank into the river nearby.

I don't blame him for making a fuss, because if there is no risk in the matter, Du Ying said it from the beginning, how can we wait until now?

"Actually..." Du Ying was about to explain, but someone interrupted loudly: "This stone is alluvial gold!"

"...Sarkin?"

The three of them were shocked by Jiang Siqi's new discovery, and each stretched their heads to look.Under the watchful eyes of Liu Dao, Jiang Siqi twisted a fist-sized stone from the river bank and threw it directly into the river——

After a big splash, the stone sank freely in the transparent water.In theory, this thing, which is no different from an ordinary stone, will float on the mercury layer, but in reality it does not.

I saw it hovering there first, and then, a circle of gold flashed from all around, before disappearing again.This process continues until the entire stone is completely engulfed in mercury.When the stone just disappeared, the original silver mercury turned black, and there was a faint tendency to solidify; but after a while, it slowly returned to its original shape, as if the stone had never appeared before.

Several people were dumbfounded.

"...The bottom is the gold layer." Jin Sheng immediately understood the answer to the question that bothered him just now.Isn't it? Only a solid piece of gold can resist the density of mercury and prevent mercury from penetrating!

"This place turned out to be a gold mine..." Su Yu also recalled. "It is very likely that the associated mine is mercury!"

If these conjectures are true, it would be justifiable for Ying Qi to choose the tomb underground.Gold has always been a hard currency, and no one dislikes it throughout the ages.As for mercury, it was considered an elixir in ancient times, and its benefits even surpassed that of gold...

Well, it does meet the status of a founding emperor!What a rich man!

Everyone complained in their hearts with aspirations.

Du Ying was also surprised.But when he came back to his senses, his first reaction was to continue what he had just said. "Originally, the distance from Shitai is nothing. But there seems to be some formation here, which suppresses my performance."

Everyone immediately understood.This means that originally Du Ying was enough to send them all there, but now that his strength has been passively discounted, there is no other way!

Both Su You and Jiang Siqi expressed their understanding.They would like to help, but there is really no way to start!Do you really have to swim when you are finally cornered?

And Jin Sheng frowned tightly, as if he was thinking about something.Finally, he said, "How far is it?"

"What?" Du Ying didn't understand for a while.Then he guessed a little bit, and couldn't help opening his eyes: "You..."

"Don't you or not, just tell me how far it is." Jin Sheng looked like he was absolutely unwilling to say more.

Du Ying had no choice but to tell the truth. "We are about 50 meters away from the stone platform," he said, "I can only last about 30 meters."

"That's half." Jin Sheng concluded.

Su You on the side was confused by the quick conversation.There was a small pause at this time, and he hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about how to get over it." Jin Sheng said succinctly, "I found a way." But where Su You and Jiang Siqi couldn't see, he made a gesture of shutting up with his hand to Du Ying, who was hesitant to speak.

Su You, who didn't find anything wrong, naturally felt pretty good. "Yo, not bad! Tell me?"

"I'll go up first, and then you follow me." Jin Sheng said, while asking Du Ying to cooperate to create strong branches.

Su You and Jin Sheng are close buddies, so they climbed up without doubting him at this time.The branches of the trees leaped over the water, their reflections clearly visible on the quicksilver.

Jiang Siqi was the third to climb up as arranged. "And then?" he asked, and looked back at Du Ying on the shore. "And what about Du Ying?"

"Wait for us to go there first, then pull him." Jin Sheng said casually. "Anyway, he's going to be a twig all right, isn't he?"

Du Ying had already guessed what Jin Sheng wanted to do, but he could only nod at this moment. "yes."

So, Jiang Siqi also felt relieved, and walked towards the stone platform along the branches.The distance of more than [-] meters was walking quickly, and the three of them stopped soon.

"Come on, don't be a fool at this time." Su Yu said with a smile.He still feels that Jin Sheng must have prepared a surprise for him - this has happened before!

However, this time it was not the case.Because Jin Sheng didn't say anything, he just fell forward suddenly.And before Su You's exclamation fully came out of his throat, he had already turned into a snake through and through, a big snake with black texture and white stripes!

Su You stared.As soon as Jin Sheng transformed, his clothes were torn.They sank slowly to the bottom of the water and were swallowed up by the mercury in an instant.It's kind of scary to watch your best friend suddenly transform into a real, unimaginably huge snake, even if you've heard it a little bit.He didn't have weak feet enough to fall, which is considered to be his mental strength.

"Hurry up!" Du Ying is now urging. "He bites on the stone platform, he won't last long!"

This was indeed the case, but Su Yu began to realize that something was wrong. "Did you discuss something without telling us?" Otherwise, why didn't you say the fact that "it won't last long" until now?

However, Jiang Siqi didn't wait for Su You to get the answer, and pushed Su You up the slightly slippery back. "Come over!" he said anxiously, "otherwise none of us will think of going there!"

What does "none of us want to go there" mean?

As soon as this idea turned back and forth in Su You's mind, he immediately understood——

If Jin Sheng can easily build a 30-meter-long bridge, then there is absolutely no need for Jin Sheng to be tricky.Since Jin Sheng sold it, it means that this length is actually too much for him, or rather too much.Only in this way, Du Ying will say that Jin Sheng won't last long——

With a click, Su You heard a sound that seemed to be dislocation of joints at this moment, and his heart sank heavily.

That's right, so he and Jiang Siqi can pass.But Jin Sheng lost his bones because of this, and he couldn't save himself, so how could he throw Du Ying over?Du Ying obviously can only stay on the shore!

In this way, Jin Sheng planned to sacrifice himself from the very beginning!