Looking at the paradise under the cliff, Chen Mingzhi was stunned and speechless.
Song Yijin and the other three hurried over, but they didn’t believe their eyes.
They lay on the fault cliff and looked at the bottom of the cliff more than a thousand meters deep. There was another human world. It is paved with patches of green plants, dotted with lakes and scattered woods, and waves of sea breeze are blowing from below.
"Oh my god, I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"Who says I'm not? I thought I was back on the ground."
"This is Tao Yuanming The 'Utopia' in the novel? '"
"'Utopia' is just a spiritual home, it doesn't exist. "
"What did you mean by the Great Rift Valley?" Song Yijinwang. asked Zhao Xixi.
"It is the Tanlu Fault Zone. It starts from Hubei in the south, passes through Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shandong in the north, crosses the Bohai Sea, passes through the three northeastern provinces, and enters Russia. This is eastern Jiangsu, on this main fault zone. "
"You mean, the two plates are horizontally dislocated, and the cliff in the middle is the rift valley? "
"Yes, the bottom looks full of life, just like the surface. ”
“Moreover, there may be humans living there. If you look down at the plants from a distance, they look like crops such as rice, wheat or corn.”
“What does this mean?” "
"It shows that there is an underground civilization and human beings live there." Zhao Xixi was not only a top student in college, but also a top student in geography class in high school. Naturally, she was very knowledgeable about geography.
Song Yijin was more than impressed.
But Song Yijin really couldn't figure it out. There were rocks everywhere, and there was no sunlight, soil, or water. How did the woods and plants grow in the cliff valley?
He looked at the opposite side of the cliff. The altitude difference between the two sides was as high as nearly a thousand meters. He couldn't understand the principle of this.
But the quiet, simple and natural atmosphere of life in Yagu deeply attracted him.
Song Yijin suggested that we go to Yagu to have a look.
Zhao Xixi showed joy, which was exactly what she meant.
But Jiang Xiaobao disagreed. He said: "They are an underground civilization. If they are primitive humans, it would be dangerous for us to invade."
After a pause, he added Pretending to be mysterious, he said: "What if it's a cannibal!"
"Scary? You can knock me down, and I won't even look at how cowardly you look when you are incontinent." Chen Mingzhi spoke unceremoniously.
Jiang Xiaobao did peed his pants when he saw Shuilong borrowing the passage, but he didn’t expect Chen Mingzhi to be so disrespectful.
"You seem to be right, but it's better to be cautious, because I don't know what race they are, nor what level of civilization they have reached."
Zhao Xixi also agreed with Jiang Xiaobao opinions.
So heThe four of us continued to move forward, carefully following the cliff line, admiring the scenery below the cliff while discussing the knowledge of fault zones.
The area on the cliff is not large, only less than a hundred meters wide. It is all rock, and the inside is full of endless stone walls extending forward.
Perhaps the bottom of the cliff was too deep. The four of them walked for a long time, and heard dragon roars twice, but the position at the bottom of the cliff had not changed.
Suddenly, a high-pitched and harsh roar came from a kilometer behind, and thousands of horses galloped, deafening.
"Run, flash flood!" Zhao Xixi, who is familiar with geography, shouted immediately.
But there was no rush. The surging water carried a large amount of sediment and came behind them in an instant. It violently collided with the stone wall and rushed the four people off the cliff, forming a huge waterfall.
The rolling, impacting, strong sense of weightlessness and huge impact make people feel extremely fearful and desperate.
At this time, for Song Yijin, unless he knew how to avoid water, he would not be able to use his seventy-two abilities. The world was spinning, everything around him was surging crazily, but he was powerless to do anything. , can only let fate be at the mercy of this crazy flood.
The four of them were soon washed away. Zhao Xixi held her head tightly with her arms and fell rapidly with the current; Chen Mingzhi and Jiang Xiaobao disappeared.
At this very critical moment, when life was at stake, four huge black shadows appeared in the mid-air of the torrent, which were the water dragons seen earlier.
The water dragon rolled quickly, catching the falling Song Yijin with its belly upward, then turned around and grabbed the back of his clothes. The other three water dragons also caught Zhao Xixi, Jiang Xiaobao and Chen Mingzhi respectively, and then took advantage of them. Slide to the bottom of the cliff following the torrent of waterfalls.
The four water dragons placed them firmly on the ground, turned their heads and twisted their bodies to crawl to the place where the torrent rushed down. They raised their dragon heads and stood up, jumped upstream, and disappeared into the water.
Zhao Xixi drank a lot of water and was vomiting violently, while Jiang Xiaobao and Chen Mingzhi were lying on their backs, unable to recover for a long time.
Song Yijin supported Zhao Xixi worriedly and patted her back gently to make her feel more comfortable.
After Zhao Xixi finished vomiting, she was stunned again. She sat on the ground for a long time before she regained her composure. She suddenly couldn't remember what had just happened.
Jiang Xiaobao and Chen Mingzhi also slowly recovered.
Jiang Xiaobao said: "Who saved us?"
"It was the water dragon who saved us. This time it was too dangerous and almost ended." Song Yijin said.
“I was knocked unconscious by the flash flood and I don’t know what happened.”
“My eyes are still glowing with gold flowers now, it’s so scary!”
"Senior sister, are you okay?" Jiang Xiaobao could stand up.
"It's okay now. I'm dead for once." Zhao Xixi vomited in her throat and it was very difficult to speak.
"I feel like someone is carrying clothesHe took me away from the mountain torrent. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a water dragon. ”
“Didn’t the water dragons leave long ago? How did they suddenly appear? "
"Maybe there are water dragons coming from here one after another, or this flash flood may be brought by them, because they are water dragons, and they don't know there is anyone on the cliff. Fortunately, they are smart and saved us in time. ”
Song Yijin had already guessed in his heart that the sudden appearance of these four water dragons was probably related to him, because on the fish pond mound, his great-grandfather once said that Taoist cultivators would gain spirituality by walking in the three realms. Biological protection.
These four water dragons must have been following them for a long time, and they can appear in time when they are in danger.
Zhao Xixi stood up and looked around carefully.
There is grass beneath them, but the grass grows close to the ground. It is green with yellow in color, somewhat similar to leek buds, and does not grow upward like the grass on the ground.
Then, She also saw cows and sheep in the distance, which made her uneasy. How could there be livestock thousands of meters away?
The three of them were surprised to see how large the grassland was. There are hundreds of hectares, and there are no other plants in the distance.
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Chen Mingzhi is curious, is there no other plants here. Humans live in a purely wild state, with grasslands and wild cattle and sheep.
Just as he was talking, the mountain torrents stopped flowing down, and the cliff valley suddenly became quiet.
The four people kept staring at the cattle and sheep in the distance. With their current understanding, they really couldn't understand.
At this time, the cattle and sheep stopped eating grass and gathered to the right of the four people and moved away. Go.
Song Yijin motioned to the other three to follow and see where the cattle and sheep were going.
The familiar dragon roar came from the distance, and the cattle and sheep in front stopped. , raised his head and shouted in the sky, then continued walking.
"It's amazing. " Zhao Xixi said.
At this time, Zhao Xixi had forgotten the danger of mountain floods and was full of curiosity about the world under the cliff.
As she walked, she said that Tao Yuanming's paradise is "a land of flat land" "It's a vast area, and the houses look like it, and there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, and bamboos," and "there is traffic on the streets, and chickens and dogs hear each other." It is said that people there are working hard in the fields, and the men and women are dressed like people outside. They are peaceful and peaceful. Happy and contented, free from the world, and contented.
But here there are only grasslands and cattle and sheep. It is not like what the book says. So where is this place?
Look? , there was a big stone in front. Chen Mingzhi pointed to the front and asked everyone to look at it.
Zhao Xixi hurriedly ran up and found a stone tablet about two meters high with Chinese characters engraved on it. Yi Jin read:
"The Founding of the Ancestors"
Members of my tribe should not build a country, do not call themselves emperors, do not have luxurious houses, and do not privately own fertile land.
Every member of my clan, please do not say goodbye, do not separate relatives, do not leave this place, and do not allow any evil to happen.
Members of our tribe should not destroy justice, do not engage in lynching, do not occupy public property, and do not break marriages.
All members of our clan should not damage the dragon veins, do not seek longevity, and do not have different ambitions for generations to come.
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"Let me just say, this is a paradise, there are people living there, and they are Chinese and speak Chinese." Zhao Xixi said.
"Since there are humans here, there must be a connection with the ground and a way to enter."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. You see it says 'Do not leave this place'. "Song Yijin pointed to the stele and said that he went around the back to look for clues, thinking that this stele was probably the village inscription.
"How did they get here? Why do they want to live here?" Chen Mingzhi was very puzzled.
"Isn't this what we are in now? We inadvertently broke in and couldn't get out. So we just stayed here, and the environment looks pretty good." Jiang Xiaobao said.
"Then what do you mean, if we can't get out, we will have to live here?"
"What else?"
Listen to Jiang Xiaobao In this way, Chen Mingzhi was a little panicked. He had three sons in his family who were crying for food. His mother-in-law did not know how to do farm work and refused to go to work. How could the children be fed? He didn't dare to think about this.
Song Yijin looked at Zhao Xixi. She was actually smiling, a bit gloating about her misfortune. He couldn't understand why she was laughing.
Jiang Xiaobao was even more confused about personnel matters.
"If you can't go back, you can't go back. I think it's pretty good here." Jiang Xiaobao deliberately provoked Chen Mingzhi.
"If you want to stay, we will definitely be able to get out. Be careful the cannibals will eat you!" Chen Mingzhi seemed to take it seriously and got back.
"What ethnic group are they from, and why are they prohibited from establishing a country?" Zhao Xixi asked.
"This is easy to understand. My guess is that they were soldiers in ancient times. When they were hiding after being defeated, they came in by chance and found this place livable, so they thrived here. You In Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, many ancient soldiers were defeated and hid in the deep mountains and forests. When Genghis Khan expanded his territory, he would leave some soldiers to garrison at every stretch of the road. Later, these people would marry and have children there. "
"Look, the word 'I' used to refer to me in the "Kai Zu Xun" is probably from before the Qin Dynasty." Song Yijin said a lot in one breath.
Zhao Xixi couldn't help but admire her, "Wow, my eldest cousin is so talented, and his analysis is clear and logical. I think it can stand the test."
Song Yijin felt proud after hearing this, " Of course, I was good at Chinese in high school, and in the armyI also worked as a correspondent for half a year. ”
Song Yijin said, “It is precisely because they suffered from wars and lived in seclusion here. In order to prevent future generations from competing for interests and killing each other, it is stipulated that they are not allowed to establish a country, call themselves emperors, or build gorgeous buildings. Houses, private possession of fertile land, and farmland are not allowed, nor are they allowed to leave here. To be sure, they must have a last resort. "
After studying the monument, they followed the direction of the cattle and sheep and walked deeper.
After a while, they found that their horizons were getting wider and wider, and the land was getting wider and wider. Until they crossed the stone cliff, a vast world appeared, with an incalculable area, with mountains, water, crops and trees. This was exactly the scenery they saw on the cliff.
Now they are standing. Here, look at everything in front of you greedily.
"This is a veritable underground paradise!" "Zhao Xixi was amazed. As a quasi-archaeologist, she has always been scientific, but what is the end of science?
Many people say that the end of science is theology. In her opinion, no matter how advanced it is, Science requires awe of nature with 100% respect.
"Haha, I think Wang Yanghua, who was born here, as the most famous geophysicist, would not believe it even to death. , there is an underground civilization in his hometown. "Jiang Xiaobao said.
"Yes, this is not scientific. ”
“This place is so beautiful that it’s beyond description. ”
Song Yijin could not even accept the real world in front of him, it seemed like a dream.
The earth was as bright as daylight on the surface, and he didn’t know where the light came from. The mountains in the distance It is towering and straight, with the jade belt river flowing through the fields and surrounding the foot of the mountain.
The fields under the mountain are neat and uniform, including corn, rice, wheat, cotton, and several types that cannot be named. Song Yijin walked up and walked around the field, looking carefully. He knew these main crops, and they were basically staple foods.
But he also felt strange. The tree in the row is one he can’t even name. It looks like a metasequoia, but also has some characteristics of a yew. The tree trunk is thick and short, with few branches. The bark is thick and tender, so tender that it can be torn off and eaten. .
I didn’t see any fruit trees, maybe they didn’t bear fruit at this time.
Jiang Xiaobao and Zhao Xixi were on the other side, which was a rice field with water in it. The rice seedlings were growing vigorously and had not yet headed. Jiang Xiaobao took a closer look and found that they were different from the rice in his field. The stems here were much shorter, but the leaves were much thicker and yellower in color.
Zhao Xixi tried to touch it with her hands and pinched it gently. Unexpectedly, the grain leaves suddenly broke and fell into the water. There was a small commotion under the water, and dozens of chopstick-long black loach-like shapes appeared. The fish came out of the water to bite the grain leaves. One of them jumped out of the water and landed at their feet.
“This is not it.Loach, it doesn’t even have eyes! " Zhao Xixi exclaimed.
At this time, Chen Mingzhi recognized it at a glance. It was a "fork". There were also ones on the ground. He had caught it in the river. It had no eyes, sharp teeth, and a slippery body. Liu Liu died within a few minutes of getting out of the water. He heard that the soup was delicious, but he didn't dare to try it.
Suddenly, a chaotic and noisy sound suddenly sounded from the distance. , chaotic and dense, mixed with the shouts of panic and hurried people.
Upon hearing this, Song Yijin immediately ran towards Zhao Xixi and the other three.