Chapter 1022: Boat of Death, River of Death

At this moment, Zhao Rong suddenly noticed that the water in front of him wasn’t coming from the inside of this patch of fungus,

but was flowing out from that small hole not far away.

He immediately led the three beauties and his assistant towards that small hole.

As they walked, Zhao Rong reminded the three beauties and the assistant behind him, saying:

“Miss Lili, beautiful Yu Lan, beautiful Xuelian, and assistant, you must be careful while walking…”

Miss Lili asked very curiously:

“Brother Zhao Rong, what exactly do you want us three beauties to be careful of?”

Zhao Rong told Miss Lili, saying:

“You all need to be mindful not to accidentally travel to another era…”

Upon hearing this, beautiful Yu Lan was very surprised and said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, do you mean that the hole in front of us could be a time travel tunnel?”

Zhao Rong couldn’t be sure and said:

“I’m also not certain, considering we just arrived in front of this hole today…”

When Zhao Rong and his group reached this small hole,

they immediately saw a very large space inside.

What surprised Zhao Rong even more was the presence of a wooden boat in this space.

He then crawled into the hole and jumped onto the wooden boat.

Then, he spoke to the three beauties and the assistant not far behind and said:

“All of you come aboard, since there’s a boat here, we’ll continue exploring deeper into the cave while riding it…”

Miss Lili, while boarding the boat, said with amazement:

“Brother Zhao Rong, have you noticed that this little wooden boat looks exactly like the one in the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival?”

After speaking, Miss Lili took out her phone, opened the image of the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival,

and enlarged the picture of the little wooden boat inside it by a hundred times, showing it to Zhao Rong.

She said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, take a look. The boat is exactly like the one depicted in the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, even the details are incredibly similar…”

Listening to Miss Lili’s words, beautiful Yu Lan felt a sense of wonder and said:

“I just want to know where this boat came from, could it be that someone was here before us, and they navigated along this Underground Dark River?”

At this moment, beautiful Xuelian noticed something interesting,

she said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, take a look, there are marks etched on the railing of this boat… Could it be that someone carved a sword on a boat while traveling back then?”

The assistant then pulled out the Life Detector to probe the cave in front of them,

he said:

“Everyone, don’t speculate. I’ll use the Life Detector to examine this cave right now, If there’s life in here, we should be able to detect it…”

However, after the assistant circled with the Life Detector,

he didn’t detect any life, not even the small fish in the river.

Involuntarily, the assistant, feeling chilled, said:

“It seems the cave in front of us is a Cave of Death, the river is a River of Death, and the little wooden boat we’re on is a Boat of Death…”

Upon hearing the assistant’s words, the three beauties fearfully hid behind Zhao Rong,

They closed their eyes and said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, why does the assistant describe this place so terrifyingly? According to his words, the place we’re entering is not a cavern but a hell…”

At this point, Zhao Rong pulled out a handgun,

and fired a shot into the cave, saying:

“I’m launching a flare to illuminate the cave… Miss Lili, beautiful Yu Lan, beautiful Xuelian, don’t be afraid, We’re going to continue forward on this boat…”

When Zhao Rong illuminated everything inside the cave with the flare,

everyone was astonished to find that the cave was actually an artificially dug tunnel, not naturally formed at all…

Inspired, Miss Lili imagined and said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, who do you think dug out this cave?”

Beautiful Yu Lan touched the traces of the digging in the cave,

she very confidently said:

“I think this cave must have been dug out by ancient people… Look, during the digging process, they didn’t use any modern machinery, They completely used very primitive iron and stone tools…”

Beautiful Xuelian then found mercury in the water,

she said in horror:

“Everyone should take out masks and put them on your nose, because I’ve detected mercury in this water, and mercury is toxic…”

Upon hearing beautiful Xuelian’s words, Zhao Rong and his group of five immediately took out masks and put them on.

Zhao Rong then accelerated the speed of rowing,

He said to everyone,

“I believe the end of this Underground Dark River is bound to be the ultimate secret…”

Suddenly, the assistant noticed a sharp turn ahead,

he warned Zhao Rong, saying:

“Brother Zhao Rong, quickly reduce the rowing speed, otherwise, when the boat reaches the sharp turn, it will definitely crash into the stone wall…”

Although the assistant already warned Zhao Rong,

Zhao Rong’s reaction was still slow,

their boat, due to rowing too fast,

directly crashed into a large stone not far away as they made a sharp turn.

Thus, after Zhao Rong’s group had their boat crash into the stone,

everyone on the boat — Zhao Rong, the assistant, Miss Lili, beautiful Yu Lan, and beautiful Xuelian — all fell into the water.

Although everyone fell into the water,

fortunately, the Underground Dark River wasn’t deep,

when Zhao Rong’s group stood up in the river,

they were surprised to discover the water barely reached their waists.

So, Zhao Rong led everyone, walking along the river forward.

As they walked, Zhao Rong said:

“I never expected this Underground Dark River to be so shallow, I thought it would be much deeper. Had I known earlier how shallow the river was, we wouldn’t have used a small boat; we would have gone forward on foot…”

Miss Lili felt that the water in the Underground Dark River was incredibly cold,

She felt she couldn’t endure it and said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, the water is just too cold, think of a way to warm it up…”

Beautiful Yu Lan was already shivering intensely from the cold,

she said through trembling lips:

“Brother Zhao Rong, although this Underground Dark River isn’t very deep, the water is indeed too cold, if we continue walking in such water, we could definitely get frostbite…”

Beautiful Xuelian even took out a mercury thermometer to measure the temperature of the river water,

She said:

“Unbelievable, the temperature of this river water is staying at zero degrees Celsius, but it’s strange, why isn’t the river freezing?”

The assistant explained to beautiful Xuelian, saying:

“Because mercury was added to the river water, it naturally won’t freeze…”

At this point, Zhao Rong quickly took out his phone from his pocket,

He opened the app Paradise Shopping Cart to search for something, saying:

“Everyone be cautious, this river water will make everyone ill from the cold, I’m going to purchase an electric water heater from the shopping app now, Then, I’ll heat up the river water… this way, we can walk in the water without fear of getting ill from the chill…”