ILSITM Chapter 5

Walking out of the library, we agreed to continue exploring the cave tomorrow morning.

After returning home, I processed the cave exploration video from this morning and uploaded it online.

Before going to bed, I checked the number of followers, which had just exceeded one hundred.

So, I wrote a message to the fans: Tomorrow’s cave exploration will be changed from recorded to live broadcast. Welcome everyone to like, comment, collect, and forward.

For tomorrow’s cave exploration live broadcast, I decided to use my mobile phone.

Considering the weak signal and poor network inside the underground cave, there might be lags during the live broadcast. I went to the computer market in the afternoon and bought a portable collaborative router.

This equipment can provide a high-bandwidth on-site network, ensuring stable network without delay or lag, and can also connect to major live broadcast platforms, which perfectly meets my live broadcast needs.

The next day at five o’clock in the morning, the four of us arrived at the Pedestrian Street as scheduled.

At this moment, it suddenly started to rain.

I quickly put on my gear and started the live broadcast.

“Welcome everyone to watch my live broadcast. Today is my first live broadcast of urban underground cave exploration. It is drizzling in the sky now. Thank you for this drizzle for giving the cave exploration a good start!” While saying the opening remarks, I looked at Wen Rourou, Old Zhang, and Old Lin.

The three of them had just finished putting on their gear and were standing aside, smiling at me.

I pointed the camera at Wen Rourou, Old Zhang, and Old Lin, and continued, “Next, let me introduce the three big names who are participating in the cave exploration today. They are the heroic, lovely, and charming former national rock climbing team athlete, the beautiful Wen Rourou; the knowledgeable, erudite, and talented senior outdoor explorer, Old Zhang; and the experienced cave explorer, Old Lin, who knows astronomy above, geography below, understands Yin and Yang, and knows the Eight Trigrams.”

When I introduced Wen Rourou, Old Zhang, and Old Lin respectively, the three of them also waved to my camera one by one.

After I finished introducing the three of them, I didn’t forget to canvass for myself: “It doesn’t take much effort to follow us. Today, I will accompany you to watch a big show in the cave! The most important thing is that the good show has just begun. If you don’t follow me, how can there be a next show!”

When Old Lin hung the rope ladder on the manhole, the rain slowly became heavier.

Old Lin and I hurriedly went down into the manhole. Old Lin opened the tunnel door, and I took the lead in drilling into the tunnel, followed by Wen Rourou and Old Zhang.

The first underground cave had already been set up with ropes yesterday, and after we climbed over it with ease, we walked along the tunnel towards the second underground cave.

From the second underground cave, we need to set up ropes again.

Today, I still volunteered to be responsible for drilling holes in the cave walls, hammering in rock nails, and hanging ropes.

Our goal today is to climb from the second underground cave all the way to the edge of the ninth underground cave, so we brought plenty of ropes and rock nails.

The electric drill was very powerful. I only replaced one battery and two drill bits along the way.

When we were walking from the passage of the seventh underground cave to the eighth underground cave, Wen Rourou said as she walked, “Since entering the first passage, I feel like I have been walking downhill all the time. I don’t know if the three of you feel it?”

“We have indeed been walking downhill all the time, and the further we go, the steeper the slope becomes,” Old Lin said with empathy.

I picked up my phone and looked at the number of fans, which had already exceeded one thousand, and was still “soaring” upwards.

When we were walking from the passage of the eighth underground cave to the ninth underground cave, we all clearly felt that we seemed to be being led by an invisible hand, walking quickly, and involuntarily walking faster and faster. Slowly, we started running in the passage, and we ran faster and faster.

When we were about to run to the entrance of the ninth underground cave, we were suddenly sucked into the cave by a powerful suction force.

My eyes suddenly went dark, and my body fell rapidly. Slowly, I felt my breathing become rapid.

Just when I was about to suffocate and lose consciousness, I suddenly heard a “bang”, and my feet seemed to step on something, and then I sat on this thing with my butt.

Then, I heard several “bang, bang, bang” sounds in succession.

March 13th of the first year of Tianqi (1621), this day was an unusual day.

At seven o’clock in the morning, on the Black Water River, four large wooden boats loaded with wood passed the South Gate Wharf of Du Guangfu and docked for a while.

The Black Water River flows through Du Guangfu, and there are more than 30 wharves of various sizes along the bank.

The South Gate Wharf is not a passenger wharf, but just an inconspicuous temporary stop for cargo ships in Du Guangfu.

The boat owner, Wang Laosi, took the boatmen ashore to eat breakfast. When they were about to walk down the wharf, they suddenly looked up and saw several objects falling from the sky, hitting their four large wooden boats, making several “bang” sounds.

When everyone took a closer look, they realized that the things that fell from the sky were actually four living people.

“Judging from the clothes of these four people, they don’t look like people from our Great Ming Dynasty. They are all carrying backpacks and tying things like ropes around their waists,” one of the boatmen said.

“Yes, these people look like they jumped down from the sky. Could they be gods living in the sky?” another boatman said.

I opened my eyes and found myself sitting on a wooden boat piled with wood.

“I was clearly sucked into the underground cave by a powerful suction force before. How did I fall from the sky onto a wooden boat in the river? I clearly heard a loud ‘bang’ when I fell on the wooden boat just now. Why can’t I feel any pain at all?” I pinched my thigh hard with my hand, and suddenly felt a piercing pain.

“Old Zhang, Tian Dong, Rourou, are you three injured?” Old Lin said loudly, while standing up from another wooden boat.

“Not injured,” Old Zhang and Wen Rourou said in unison.

“Don’t mention being injured, I don’t even feel any pain,” I said with a smile after standing up.

“It’s good that everyone is okay. After packing up your equipment, let’s all go ashore,” Old Lin said.

After unloading my equipment, I secretly marveled at this pile of unscathed equipment.

Everyone put their equipment into their backpacks one by one, and then got off the boat and walked towards the wharf on the shore.

As I walked, I picked up my phone and looked at it. The signal was full, the battery was full, but I couldn’t make normal calls.

But strangely, my live broadcast was not interrupted and was still continuing. The number of fans had “soared” to more than 30,000.

After the four of us got off the boat, we saw a group of people wearing ancient costumes standing on the wharf, looking at us.

“Four celestial beings, so you can also speak our human language,” said a person with a face full of smiles.

“We are not celestial beings. We are also humans from the human world,” Wen Rourou said with a smile.

“Excuse me, everyone, where is this?” I asked, looking at the people standing on the wharf.

“This is a cargo ship wharf in Du Guangfu,” the person with a face full of smiles replied.

“Excuse me, boss, where are you going in this outfit?” I asked, looking at the person with a face full of smiles.

“My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Laosi. We are going to the Capital to deliver wood today. These woods are all tributes from the Grand Eunuch Li Jinzhong of the palace to the current Emperor,” the person with a face full of smiles smiled even more brightly.

“Excuse me, Boss Wang, what kind of wood is loaded on these ships of yours?” Old Lin asked, looking at the person with a face full of smiles.

“This is a kind of tree that grows on our Du Guang Mountain, called Jianmu. It can grow dozens or even hundreds of feet tall. It is said that in the past, this kind of tree could grow to the sky,” Boss Wang replied, still with a face full of smiles.

“Excuse me, everyone, what year, month, and day is it today?” Old Zhang asked, looking at the group of people standing on the wharf.

“March 13th of the first year of Tianqi,” one of the people in the crowd replied.

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