Legend has it that the tomb of Princess Sterling, the daughter of King Ashoka, is hidden in a sinkhole in Hyderabad, India. Before her death, the princess dyed a gemstone red with her own blood. This gemstone is called the Love Stone. Over the past two thousand years, countless people have searched for this gem, but they all left their lives in the sinkhole. Because Sterling's tomb is guarded by the dragon god. Only those who know how to love can find the Love Stone, otherwise, they will become the food of the Dragon God.
【1. Legend】
I figured it out, for more than ten years, only you are still waiting for me. Lin looked at me, the steaming coffee in front of her made her face blurry. You accompany me to the sinkhole and help me find Zhi's body. When I come back, I will marry you.
I didn't say anything. Lin was my college classmate and Zhi was Lin's fiancé. In college, Zhi and I were both Lin's suitors, and Lin chose Zhi, a handsome and smart man. Zhi started doing business when he was in college. He is a person with great business acumen.
But Lin still lost her will.
Zhi died two years ago while exploring one of the world's most famous caves, located near Hyderabad, a city in south-central India. All Chinese and foreign media called it a sinkhole. It was an incredible cave. The main cave was a pit with a diameter of about 200 meters. The drop between the main cave and the bottom of the cave reached 547 meters. In the cave hall of the main cave, a total of seven branch caves extended. There was never a single person. Can clearly measure the length of any of the seven caves.
The real mystery of the sinkhole lies in its legend. It is said to be the tomb of Princess Sterling, the most beloved daughter of the Mauryan monarch Asoka. Sterling's mother Kawa is the princess of the Kalinga Kingdom. Kava fell in love with King Ashoka during their first encounter, and then she gave birth to Princess Sterling. However, ten years later, the Maurya Dynasty and Kalinga fell in love. During the war between the two countries, Kava and Ashoka met on the battlefield, and Kava died under Ashoka's sword.
King Ashoka, who conquered the Kingdom of Kalinga, found Princess Sterling, but the princess committed suicide at the age of twenty. She falls in love with her guard and wants to marry him. King Asoka opposed the marriage, and the princess and the guard chose to cut their veins and die together. Their blood soaked a crystal on Princess Sterling's body, and the crystal was dyed into ruby. King Asoka buried the princess in a sinkhole near Hyderabad, where she lived, but the only burial object was the ruby. The Indians later called this ruby a love stone because it was a memory of love made with the blood of Princess Sterling and her guards.
After conquering India, countless British people went to the tiankeng to look for the love stone. They all left their lives in the tiankeng. It is said that the guard turned into a dragon after death and guarded the princess's coffin. There is a legend in India that only those who truly know how to love can find the love stone. Those who look for the love stone for money will not have a chance of survival.
I also know some of the reasons why Zhi went to look for Ai Shi. His business went bankrupt three years ago, so he chose to sell his house and go treasure hunting, trying to find the love stone to fill his financial shortfall. Lin always supported him, including selling the house for Zhi unconditionally. She originally bought the house. Women are so confused when they fall in love with someone: in college, she even skipped class in order to cook dinner for Zhi. She was expelled from the university because of this. Lin still only has a certificate of graduation from the university. I believe that Lin is willing to die for Zhi Lian. As for Zhi, I always think that he loves me more than Lin. Zhi’s advantage is not that he has a lovable face, but his eloquence. No matter when, he can always make a woman give everything for him.
I'm not asking you to prove anything to me. Her soft palm pressed against the back of my hand, and my heart began to beat faster. He and I were finally married. Now, only you can accompany me to find his body.
I nodded.
【2. Dark Travel】
The weather was very sultry and the car had been driving east from Hyderabad for three hours. When we first left the city, the roadside was covered with low shrubs, but the further east we drove, the taller and lusher the trees on the roadside became. We were driven by an Indian driver who already knew the purpose of our trip.
The year before last, a group of Indians were hired by others to find rubies! The driver said in English that they died there. The Indian government has made the decision not to allow its own people to visit the tiankeng, but it does not impose restrictions on foreigners.
I nodded grimly. A forest appeared outside the window. The trees were as huge as banyan trees, but most of their roots were exposed outside the soil and spreading in all directions.
This is the Dragon Beard Tree! The driver said, I haven’t driven anyone to the sinkhole for at least a year. Nowadays, few people go there because the country does not allow Indians to go into the tiankeng. Foreigners who are looking for treasures cherish their lives and often return when they reach the pit. You must know that the Tiankeng is guarded by the Dragon God.
The road under the wheels is getting higher and higher little by little. The mountains outside the window are undulating, the trees in the mountains are lush, and the humidity is still very high. I opened the window and a cold breeze came in.
arrive! The driver suddenly stopped the car, and in front of us was a forest of asparagus trees with no edges visible.
My car can only go so far, and the sinkhole is hidden in this forest. the driver said.
I looked at him suspiciously. Lin whispered beside me: He is right, the sinkhole is in this forest.
How did you know? I asked with some surprise.
Zhi told me before going into the pit. Lin lowered her head and said.
I took Lin's hand and walked into the woods. When I first came out of Hyderabad, the weather was so sweltering that people had to wear short shirts, but now the temperature in the woods is only five or six degrees. The dragon's beard tree is very tall. After walking into the forest, the sky has been blocked by the lush branches and leaves. The forest is dark, and the air exhaled is filled with white mist in the darkness. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the darkness in the woods.
Follow this path. Lin said.
Under our feet there is a half-human-wide path trodden by previous treasure hunters, slowly extending into the woods. Walking into the woods, Lin's eyes were more adaptable to the darkness. She held my hand and walked forward slowly.
I only feel that it is getting colder and colder, and the air seems to be slowly freezing. I have not found any information about the tiankeng on the Internet. It is probably that most treasure hunters have buried their lives here. But Lin obviously knows more about the sinkhole than I do. The only explanation is that when Zhi was looking for rubies for Lin, he kept in touch with Lin using communication tools, and Zhi left the last memory of his life.
Zhi is really a very smart man!
Lin was still leading the way and we walked for almost ten minutes. When I had adapted to the darkness, my eyes suddenly lit up and we walked out of the woods.
【3. Tiankeng】
I took a breath of cold air. In front of me was a large pothole with a diameter of several hundred meters. Standing at the edge of the pit and looking down, you can only see a huge dark hole, which is sending out bursts of chill, just like the entrance to the underworld in legend. My body shook involuntarily. Maybe as long as there is a gust of wind, I can be blown to the bottom of the pit.
Before coming to the tiankeng, I specially trained for cave exploration for half a month, and ordered the necessary equipment for cave exploration from the Internet: helmet with lamp, tarpaulin suit, long rubber boots, nylon rope, rubber water jacket , compasses, geological hammers and emergency lights. I found a hard rock nearby, drove a steel nail into it, tied a nylon rope to the steel nail, and prepared to slowly descend to the bottom of the cave.
You said that Zhi had a wooden bracelet with a dragon carved on it. I asked Lin, if you find this bracelet, you will find Zhi's body, right?
Lin thought about it hesitantly and said: Yes.
I nodded: I'm done. Lin suddenly grabbed my hand, and her eyes showed a strange expression, a painful touch, "Wait a minute, I will go down with you." I looked at her in surprise. According to our agreement, she only had to wait for me outside the pit.
I slid down slowly along the rope, Lin followed behind me. After sliding down for about thirty meters, the sky above my head became smaller and smaller. I turned on the light on my helmet and slowly lit up the darkness around me. I have descended nearly seventy meters, and there is still darkness below me, but there is a low ringing in my ears. At first, I thought it was because I was descending too fast. After I slowed down, the ringing in my ears remained.
This is the sound of the wind. Lin above my head looked at me who was listening sideways and said, There are seven holes within holes in the sinkhole.
I hummed and continued to slide down. The sound of the wind was getting louder and louder. I looked at the scale of the rope in my hand and saw that it had dropped to 400 meters. There were still more than 100 meters to go to the bottom of the pit, but I still couldn't see the bottom of the pit clearly, nor could I see the pit clearly. The walls of the cave. Lin and I are like two laggard fireflies, slowly blending into this endless darkness.
The scale on the rope reached 550 meters, and the bottom of the pit was still dark; at 570 meters, I finally saw the land under my feet, glowing dark yellow under the weak light, and there was no grass on the ground at the bottom of the pit. I landed on the ground, and there was a muffled thud on the ground. The sound vibrated in my ears and echoed for half a minute before stopping.
Lin's body also slipped down, and I caught her. Her face was livid, her breathing was rapid, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.
let's go! I said after a pause, by which time her breathing had evened out. I tentatively took a step to the left. Unexpectedly, I missed the step and slid into a long diagonal tunnel underneath me.
I only heard myself curse: Before he could curse the other two words, the light on my helmet went out while rolling. This somersault lasted for a full minute and a half, and my head hit the bottom of the pit. In the darkness, I saw countless tiny green lights flashing, like dyed fireflies.
Kun, Kun! I heard Lin shouting above my head with a cry, and then with a thud, she also fell down from above.
She slid down the slope straight up, the light on her helmet was on, and she threw herself into my arms.
Are you okay? She said with a cry in her voice. I smiled in the dark, feeling touched that she cared more about me after all. I said: I'm fine.
As soon as she finished speaking, I just heard her scream as the light illuminated the spot in front of me.
In front of me, there were bones scattered on the ground. Unless you were there, you would never imagine that there were so many bones scattered on the ground. There seemed to be an endless road in front of me, and in the middle of the road were human skeletons.
The cave is cold and dry. The strange thing is that we have not seen a neat skeleton. All these bones have their heads and necks separated. Various bones are piled up messily on the road in front of us. Some bones have turned black, and it seems that they have been dead for a long time. There was no textile on all the bones, but some of the bones still retained the ornaments of the deceased. I saw a headless skeleton with a gold bracelet tied to its arm.
Don't be afraid. I hugged Lin, maybe we can find Chi from these corpses.
These are all the people who lost their lives for the treasure, right? Lin asked shakily.
Chi shouldn't die here. I want to comfort her, those who truly seek gems for love will not die here. After hearing my words, Lin's body shook suddenly.
Let's go quickly. She looked at me sadly. What was hidden in her eyes was not sadness, but helplessness.
We walked forward cautiously, trying not to look at the bodies around us. Lin's body was shaking all the time. I just felt very cold, and the path under my feet was made of bones and stones that glowed dark yellow under the light. This kind of stone is called dolomite.
In fact, it was Lin who pulled me forward. I took out the mobile phone I brought with me. The signal had been cleared and we were isolated from the world.
【4.Love Stone】
After walking for five or six minutes, there were fewer and fewer bodies around us, and I was a little confused. I know there is a term called cave bioaccumulation, which refers to the earthy accumulation of animal feces and skeletons in caves, but so far, the only bioaccumulations I have seen in caves are human corpses.
In such a huge cave, there are no cave creatures and no traces of activity left by cave creatures. It is simply incredible.
Before I could think any further, three holes appeared in front of us.
Get out the compass! Lin said, look at whether we are facing due south now.
I took out my compass and the needle pointed due south. Lin said: Zhi called me for the last time and said that he entered the middle of the three caves due south.
I suddenly felt that something was wrong, but my highly stressed brain couldn't figure out why.
Let's go! She looked at me with pleading eyes, let's go in.
The diameter of the hole in the middle is the largest of the three holes in front, with a visual diameter of about 8 meters. I took off the backpack behind me and took out the emergency light. The light on Lin's helmet was not enough for me to see the road ahead clearly.
The light illuminated the road ahead, but there was no skeleton inside. This cave is even colder than in the Big Tunnel. I looked at the thermometer on the compass and it was actually minus three degrees, and it is summer in Hyderabad!
Lin's body was shaking more and more violently. I didn't know whether she was cold or afraid. This is a strange cave, there is no underground river, everything seems to be frozen. The cave wall still emits a dark yellow light. There should be countless cave creatures in such a cave. Bats should hang upside down on the cave wall, and salamanders would hide in a corner and stare at us. But there is nothing here! I also trembled in my heart, why are there no cave creatures here?
Dragon God! I remembered what the driver said to me, because this place is guarded by the Dragon God! No creature can approach the Dragon God!
The passage inside the cave is straight, but according to the rules of cave exploration, I carved marks on the cave walls and underground stones at regular intervals. The distance between each mark is about two hundred meters. I kept calculating how far I had walked. The cave walls around me were still bare and dark yellow. We walked about a thousand meters.
Where is Zhi’s body? I said, There is no body here at all.
Lin didn't speak. There seemed to be tears in her eyes. Kun, can we go forward?
We continued walking forward, took out our mobile phones and checked the time. It had been almost an hour since we entered the sinkhole, and nothing strange happened. , at this time, I once again saw zero signal on the mobile phone display, and I suddenly understood!
You lied to me! I turned around and yelled at Lin, "Zhi didn't die here at all!" There is no way he can talk to you on the phone. There is no cell phone signal at the entrance of this cave. His body is not here at all.
She was frightened by my shouting, and her tears couldn't help but flow down, Kun, I didn't lie to you. If I lied to you, I wouldn't come down with you.
At this moment, I heard a strange sound coming from behind me, like a human body slowly rubbing against sharp rocks, making a chirping sound. Lin stared behind me, unable to say a word.
I turned around and the emergency lights illuminated the cave in front of us. We were at the end of this cave!
This is a grotto with a square roof. The top and four walls are extremely smooth, obviously artificially created. The cave is very spacious, but the interior lacks beauty and looks like a square box.
The light shone directly in front of us, where a stone coffin was placed, and the lid of the coffin was set with a diamond-shaped crystal, which glowed with a dark and mysterious red light under the light.
It's the Ai Stone. The legendary Ai Gu really exists!
There was no love stone in my eyes, and now I am sure of one thing: Lin lied to me, Zhi was not dead at all, Lin just lied to me to find the love stone for her.
The stone is there. I whispered, "Go get it." I gotta go.
I was about to leave, but Lin suddenly grabbed my hand and cried, "I don't want a stone." Kun, I really didn’t lie to you.
Where is Zhi’s body? I shook off her hand and said, you are so familiar with the process of entering the cave, didn't Zhi tell you? Don't you want to use me to find the love stone? You've found it!
【5.Dragon God】
Lin grabbed my hand again, and before I could shake it off, I heard the chirping sound that I had just heard again, and now the sound became stronger.
A snow-white reptile slowly crawled out from the shadow of the coffin, with a pair of tiny scorpion-colored eyes on the forehead of its snow-white triangular head. It slowly dragged its body out from the shadow of the sarcophagus. Its body became longer and longer. The dragged body began to twist, but we still did not see its tail.
Dragon God! Lin murmured, this is the Dragon God!
This is not a dragon, this is a mutated python. Its huge body has not been completely pulled out of the sarcophagus, but I am sure it is at least twenty meters long. Its eyes seem to be invisible. It has a dark red tongue sticking out of its mouth and shaking its head. , as if sniffing the scent of strange visitors in the air. I realized that its eyes were completely degraded by the darkness of the cave.
But this blind snake has discovered us. Its body suddenly twisted violently, and its head suddenly raised towards us. Its slow movements began to speed up, and half of its exposed body was completely arched. This is The body's reaction before it attacks.
It's over. I said to Lin, we can't escape!
The bones in the main tunnel must be the work of this blind snake, which digested the body of the treasure hunter and spit out the bones. Those guys must have tried to escape, but none of them got away.
Our fate will be the same as theirs.
Lin suddenly hugged me, a strange smile appeared on her face. Kun, I did lie to you initially. Two years ago, Zhi spent huge sums of money to hire local people to go to the sinkhole to hunt for treasure. He learned from the lessons of all previous treasure hunters. He asked the treasure hunters to bring satellite phones and satellite locators. He told me the details here without telling me. I have the Dragon God here, and he just asked me to trick you into getting the ruby. When we were at the sinkhole, I decided to go down into the sinkhole with you. At that moment, I suddenly understood that the person who loved me most in the world was you, not him.
Why? My mind is so confused, why are you doing this?
She smiled miserably: Because he used love to coerce me. I used love to coerce you again.
I looked at her face and she shed tears again. It was Zhi who had lied to her, otherwise she would not have come to die in the sinkhole with me. Zhi was too smart. He exchanged the lives of local people he hired for detailed inside information about the sinkhole, and then asked Lin to trick me into getting the ruby. He didn't know if I would survive to take out the gem, but he wanted to give it a try. Because now he can no longer hire locals.
I hugged Lin's body tightly, and I felt the warmth coming from her cheeks. The moment she accompanied me down from the sinkhole, she knew the danger she was about to face. I think from that moment on, the person she loved was me.
But it's too late, we will all become food for this blind snake.
The blind snake suddenly twisted violently, raised its head higher and made a slight cry, but it did not attack us, but kept twisting its body. As if it had been frightened, it kept twisting its body in its original posture.
The situation is reversed! I grabbed Lin's hand suddenly and ran straight to the cave entrance without saying a word. I could only hear the howling of the wind in my ears. The blind snake did not chase us out. We returned to the bottom of the sinkhole and climbed up the slope where we fell. The rope was still there, this time I climbed in front, Lin behind me, and we climbed out of the sinkhole again.
【6.The truth】
The Indian driver is still waiting for us. When he saw us coming out, he looked surprised.
I'm only prepared to wait for you for two hours. He said, because some people may not dare to go down. If I don't see you in two hours, I'm pretty sure you're dead. Have you gone down yet?
Of course we went down, we saw the Love Stone and the Dragon God. But I still don't understand why the blind snake doesn't eat us?
Why don't blind snakes eat us? This question was actually answered by Zhi.
There is no direct flight back to China from Hyderabad, so we took a car to New Delhi to prepare to return home. When Lin and I were waiting at the New Delhi Airport, Zhiying's handsome figure suddenly appeared in front of us.
I knew you would be fine! He smiled and said to us, "Have you found the love stone?"
I wanted to slap him immediately, but Lin said to him gently: Found it!
I knew you would be able to find it! He said excitedly, and then looked around nervously, I discovered the meaning of the cryptic phrase "Only those who truly love each other can find the love stone." The snake had stayed in the hole for too long and had lost its visual function. It relied on the heat sensitivity of its lips to identify intruders. Those treasure hunters who were discovered by blind snakes would sweat out of fear when running wildly, and the sweat on their body surfaces would immediately condense into ice water in the cave. Their body surface temperature would be lower than the normal temperature. To the eye they are just a bat, or a salamander, and of course they will be eaten. Only people who love each other will choose to cuddle up there and wait for death when facing that snake. At this time, your body surface can maintain 37 degrees Celsius. To be precise, the body temperature of people in love can reach 39 degrees when facing death, and they are in love. Hug together. In the heat sensitivity of that snake, you are an alien with great heat. It does not dare to devour you, so you can get the gems.
Lin looked at him with a gentle smile, "Have you forgotten that the person I loved most was you?"
I know! Zhi said proudly, but at that moment, you are reluctant to let go of Kun, you will definitely be moved by him, and you will accompany him. I know you so well! At that moment of life and death, you will hold each other and feel that the other person is the only one for you. Only in this way can you scare the blind snake. So only you will get the love stone!
You risk the death of your lover just to get the love stone! I shouted sharply,
Zhi looked at me slyly: "You are not dead," and for this love stone, I will give Lin to you now. You get your lover, I get my love stone, this world is always fair.
Before he finished speaking, Lin walked over and said, "I'll give you the love stone!" She slapped Zhi with her backhand.
The love stone is still in the cave. Lin said easily that people who truly love each other will not take that gem. If you want it, you have to find a dumber woman than me to go with you. Even if you find someone dumber than me, you still won't get the gem.
Zhi covered his face and looked at Lin, asking: Why?
Because you will never love others, as long as you go to the sinkhole, you will become the food of the blind snake. Lin said coldly, if you don't believe it, you can try it.
Legend has it that the tomb of Princess Sterling, the daughter of King Ashoka, is hidden in a sinkhole in Hyderabad, India. Before her death, the princess dyed a gemstone red with her own blood. This gemstone is called the Love Stone. Over the past two thousand years, countless people have searched for this gem, but they all left their lives in the sinkhole. Because Sterling's tomb is guarded by the dragon god. Only those who know how to love can find the Love Stone, otherwise, they will become the food of the Dragon God.
【1. Legend】
I figured it out, for more than ten years, only you are still waiting for me. Lin looked at me, the steaming coffee in front of her made her face blurry. You accompany me to the sinkhole and help me find Zhi's body. When I come back, I will marry you.
I didn't say anything. Lin was my college classmate and Zhi was Lin's fiancé. In college, Zhi and I were both Lin's suitors, and Lin chose Zhi, a handsome and smart man. Zhi started doing business when he was in college. He is a person with great business acumen.
But Lin still lost her will.
Zhi died two years ago while exploring one of the world's most famous caves, located near Hyderabad, a city in south-central India. All Chinese and foreign media called it a sinkhole. It was an incredible cave. The main cave was a pit with a diameter of about 200 meters. The drop between the main cave and the bottom of the cave reached 547 meters. In the cave hall of the main cave, a total of seven branch caves extended. There was never a single person. Can clearly measure the length of any of the seven caves.
The real mystery of the sinkhole lies in its legend. It is said to be the tomb of Princess Sterling, the most beloved daughter of the Mauryan monarch Asoka. Sterling's mother Kava is the princess of Jilinga Kingdom. Kava fell in love with King Ashoka during their first encounter, and then she gave birth to Princess Sterling. Her guardian spirit was an evil spirit , but in ten years During the war between the Mauryan Dynasty and the Kalinga Kingdom, Kava and Ashoka met on the battlefield, and Kava died under Ashoka's sword.
King Ashoka, who conquered the Kingdom of Kalinga, found Princess Sterling, but the princess committed suicide at the age of twenty. She falls in love with her guard and wants to marry him. Asoka opposed the marriage, and the princess and the guard chose to cut their veins and die together. Their blood soaked a crystal on Princess Sterling's body, and the crystal was dyed into ruby. King Asoka buried the princess in a sinkhole near Hyderabad, where she lived, but the only burial object was the ruby. The Indians later called this ruby a love stone because it was a memory of love made with the blood of Princess Sterling and her guards.
After conquering India, countless British people went to the tiankeng to look for the love stone. They all left their lives in the tiankeng. It is said that the guard turned into a dragon after death and guarded the princess's coffin. There is a legend in India that only those who truly know how to love can find the love stone. Those who look for the love stone for money will not have a chance of survival.
I also know some of the reasons why Zhi went to look for Ai Shi. His business went bankrupt three years ago, so he chose to sell his house and go treasure hunting, trying to find the love stone to fill his financial shortfall. Lin always supported him, including selling the house for Zhi unconditionally. She originally bought the house. Women are so confused when they fall in love with someone: in college, she even skipped class in order to cook dinner for Zhi. She was expelled from the university because of this, and Lin only has a certificate of graduation from the university. I believe that Lin is willing to die for Zhi Lian. As for Zhi, I always think that he loves me more than Lin. Zhi’s advantage is not that he has a lovable face, but his eloquence. No matter when, he can always make a woman give everything for him.
I'm not asking you to prove anything to me. Her soft palm pressed against the back of my hand, and my heart began to beat faster. He and I were finally married. Now, only you can accompany me to find his body.
I nodded.
【2. Dark Travel】
The weather was very sultry and the car had been driving east from Hyderabad for three hours. When we first left the city, the roadside was covered with low shrubs, but the further east we drove, the taller and lusher the trees on the roadside became. We were driven by an Indian driver who already knew the purpose of our trip.
The year before last, a group of Indians were hired by others to find rubies! The driver said in English that they died there. The Indian government has made the decision not to allow its own people to visit the tiankeng, but it does not impose restrictions on foreigners.
I nodded grimly. A forest appeared outside the window. The trees were as huge as banyan trees, but most of their roots were exposed outside the soil and spreading in all directions.
This is the Dragon Beard Tree! The driver said, I haven’t driven anyone to the sinkhole for at least a year. Nowadays, few people go there because the country does not allow Indians to go into the tiankeng. Foreigners who are looking for treasures cherish their lives and often return when they reach the pit. You must know that the Tiankeng is guarded by the Dragon God.
The road under the wheels is getting higher and higher little by little. The mountains outside the window are undulating, the trees in the mountains are lush, and the humidity is still very high. I opened the window and a cold breeze came in.
arrive! The driver suddenly stopped the car, and in front of us was a forest of asparagus trees with no edges visible.
My car can only go so far, and the sinkhole is hidden in this forest. the driver said.
I looked at him suspiciously. Lin whispered beside me: He is right, the sinkhole is in this forest.
How did you know? I asked with some surprise.
Zhi told me before going into the pit. Lin lowered her head and said.
I took Lin's hand and walked into the woods. When I first came out of Hyderabad, the weather was so sweltering that people had to wear short shirts, but now the temperature in the woods is only five or six degrees. The dragon's beard tree is very tall. After walking into this forest, the sky has been blocked by the lush branches and leaves. The forest is dark, and the air exhaled is filled with white mist in the darkness. It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the darkness in the woods.
Follow this path. Lin said.
Under our feet there is a half-human-wide path trodden by previous treasure hunters, slowly extending into the woods. Walking into the woods, Lin's eyes were more adaptable to the darkness. She held my hand and walked forward slowly.
I only feel that it is getting colder and colder, and the air seems to be slowly freezing. I have not found any information about the tiankeng on the Internet. It is probably that most treasure hunters have buried their lives here. But Lin obviously knows more about the sinkhole than I do. The only explanation is that when Zhi was looking for rubies for Lin, he kept in touch with Lin using communication tools, and Zhi left the last memory of his life.
Zhi is really a very smart man!
Lin was still leading the way and we walked for almost ten minutes. When I had adapted to the darkness, my eyes suddenly lit up and we walked out of the woods.