C35 (1/2)

Stepping onto the shore, Lin Jin jumped up and shook off the water droplets on his body.

His arms, thighs, and stomach were already bruised. He didn't even know when he hit the top of his head, but he felt a faint pain. Only his back was uninjured because it was protected by his backpack. However, he felt a lot more relaxed now, as these small injuries were nothing.

The place he landed on was a gray rocky terrain. Apart from a few small stones, it looked very smooth. It was probably the effect of the flushing water.

The ground was extremely cold, and the temperature was much lower than it was in the water, causing even Lin Jin to feel a bit bone-piercing. It was a pity that his shoes were washed off when he fell into the water. Helpless, he could only split out a few zhenqi and send it into the Spring Water to protect his feet.

Because there was almost no dust or water droplets in the air of this cave, once the light from his flashlight shot out, the chances of it refracting in the air was very small, and the light that hit the walls of the cave was reflected off to who knows where, so the light looked very weak.

Unaware of this, he thought at first that the flashlight had run out of power, which worried him for a long time. However, when he turned the light around, the blinding white light let him know that he still had a lot of electricity!

Following the light, he could just make out a huge karst cave, a typical karst landscape.

The karst cave looked huge, and according to his estimations, it was at least the size of the central plaza of Ninghua. The two sides of the cave were on dry land, which made up half of the entire space. In between them was the underground river that rushed in with Lin Jin.

According to the direction of the underground river, Lin Jin's current position was on the right side of the river.

When he looked at the light, he saw countless stalactites hanging overhead, like icicles hanging from the eaves in winter. On the ground and in the water, there were a few stalagmites about twenty meters tall standing alone in front of him.

However, under these circumstances, he was not in the mood to watch.

The flashlight's light shone in front of him, and he saw that there was a wall not far in front of him. As he did not know how much longer he would have to stay in the cave, Lin Jin turned off the flashlight and followed the route in his memory, step by step.

After coming in contact with the cold and solid stone wall, his heart felt much more at ease.

A while ago, he used up too much of his energy. Lin Jin leaned against the wall and sat down, then peeled a piece of fruit candy and placed it in his mouth. This sweet smell made him yearn for the outside world even more.

After resting for a while and waiting for his strength to recover a little, filled with hope that the underground river s would escape, Lin Jin stood up with all his might.

In order to save energy, every time he turned on a flashlight, he would firmly memorize the terrain that he was looking at in front of him. Then, he would walk forward step by step while holding onto the wall of the karst cave.

After walking for an unknown distance, he suddenly felt that the wall in his hands was empty, and he almost fell to the ground.

He quickly steadied himself and turned on the light. He saw a half meter wide hole in the wall. It was as tall as a person. It was pitch black, and he did not know where it led to.

Moreover, this hole seemed to appear out of thin air. Looking from the back, there was no sign of a hole appearing at all. No wonder he failed.

He looked at the somewhat eerie cave entrance, then looked at the quiet stream of water. After thinking for a while, he decided to not take the risk.

Just as he passed through the hole and continued to walk down the underground river, just as he was about to pass by the hole, under the light of the lamp, he seemed to find a very familiar looking shadow at the corner of the hole.

Lin Jin suddenly had a lot of doubts in his heart. In this kind of place that he couldn't even come to, what could make him feel that something was familiar?

He then turned around and carefully walked towards the cave. Lin Jin walked to the shadow and took out his flashlight to shine on it. He was shocked and almost cried out.

That thing was actually a yellowed bone!

Just then, a monstrous sense of excitement suddenly filled his mind — with the danger of the underground river, this man could actually die here, it was too difficult. Unless he was a Taoist like himself, there had to be an exit that led outside. Otherwise, looking at how yellow this corpse was, it must have been at least a hundred years ago. Without the help of a flashlight, how could he have found this cave and died in it?