HPDBC Chapter 1853: Cave on the Cliff
Chapter 1853: Cave on the Cliff
Chapter 1853: Cave on the Cliff
A tavern in the town of Rama.
At this moment, Ye Yuan was no longer in the mood to deal with the middle-aged white man who was somewhat racist.
And just at this moment, the white man who had been drinking before spoke.
“Hey man, I advise you to give up.
Carl's asking price was obviously higher than the market price, and that guy didn't even want to sell the ranch."
The drunkard before was not as rude as the middle-aged man.
What he said gave Ye Yuan a lot of confidence.
From the other party's words, Ye Yuan could draw two conclusions.
That is, the ranch that he had predicted seemed to be for sale.
And the selling price is higher than the market price.
This is unreasonable, isn't it?
Can be analyzed from the other side.
If it is really as I guessed.
Below this Koala Ranch is the underground lake.
Then it would be impossible for his owner to sell the ranch.
Did I make a wrong analysis?
Although Ye Yuan has already made up his mind.
But I won’t give up until I go in and take a look.
So he took out 100 meters of gold and put it on the table.
He said loudly to everyone in the bar:
"Can anyone help me get in touch with Carl at Koala Ranch? This is his."
As soon as Ye Yuan finished speaking, a white man who looked to be in his thirties stood up in the corner of the bar.
He came to Ye Yuan's table and picked up the banknotes that Ye Yuan had placed on the table.
Ye Yuan did not stop the white man's actions.
Instead, he looked at him with emotion.
“I can take you to the koala ranch. Carl is in New Zealand now and there is no way he can get back.
If you really want to buy the Koala Ranch, you can follow me to take a look first!"
Ye Yuan looked at the white man in confusion.
I don't know in what capacity he said this.
Without him asking.
The white drunkard explained it to him:
"This is Rocamp, the cowboy from Koala Ranch."
Ye Yuan nodded. Although the white drunkard looked unpleasant, he was still a nice person.
Unlike the middle-aged white man next to him.
Always looking at me with discrimination.
"Buying you a drink!"
Ye Yuan stood up, took out 10 meters of gold and slapped it in front of the drunkard.
Then he gave Rockamp a look, indicating that the two of them could go out and talk.
Rocamp put away the 100-meter gold he earned from Ye Yuan, and happily followed Ye Yuan out of the bar.
"Can you show me the ranch now?"
Ye Yuan didn't beat around the bush since he had already taken the money.
There's no need for me to beat around the bush with him.
"Are you really going to take on the ranch?"
This time it was the white man who was a little surprised.
"What else? Do I really look like a fool?"
Ye Yuan asked back with a smile.
The white man shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently:
"Okay! So let's go now?"
"OK!"
. . . . . .
Losers Mountains.
Located in the southernmost part of the Rocky Mountains.
It stretches along the banks of the Grande River.
The area is 104 square kilometers.
It is the third highest mountain range in the state.
It is 2 meters above sea level and is located in Big Bend National Park.
There are self-guided mountain trails, unique geological formations and magnificent scenery that attract a wide range of tourists.
At this moment, there was a pickup truck that looked old, driving on the road to the Loser Mountains.
Ye Yuan was driving a pickup truck.
There was no expression on his face.
Just visited the Koala Ranch under the guidance of Rocamp.
To his disappointment, the Koala Ranch was just an ordinary ranch.
There is no way this is the location of an underground lake.
Since it was confirmed that it was not the case, there was no reason for Ye Yuan to stay.
So he drove to the second location he had predicted earlier.
This is where Ye Yuan is going.
It is Mount Elis, located at the southernmost tip of the Lossos Mountains and closest to the town of Kentia.
Mount Elis is a branch of the Losars Ranges.
Although it has not been expanded into the national park, it is still beautiful and charming.
Of course, he heard all this from Old John before he came.
As for whether there will be any discoveries on Mount Elis.
You can only know if you go there.
If it's still not the place you want.
Then the only place left was the one that Ye Yuan least thought would be the gas station above the underground lake.
The drive took more than 2 hours.
Finally arrived at Mount Elis.
From a distance, the mountains are not very high, but rather rolling.
There is no end in sight.
After parking the car at the foot of the mountain, Ye Yuan walked into the mountains.
Now that we are here, can we find out the purpose of his trip?
It's all based on luck.
Ye Yuan's behavior is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Even I know it's not feasible.
I want to find the entrance to the underground lake on land by remembering the direction of the underground river.
It is something that cannot be accomplished.
But he did it anyway.
As long as the secret of the underground lake is not solved, he will feel like there is grass growing inside him and he will always feel itchy.
Especially the magical effect of that kind of water plants.
Ye Yuan really wanted to find out what kind of horrible things those people would use it to create.
Mount Elis is far away from the city and is located at the end of the Loser Mountains, so it is occupied by wild animals all year round and there are rarely any human beings.
This added a lot of difficulty to Ye Yuan's climbing.
Fortunately, Ye Yuan will not be stumped by these things.
It's not like I haven't been to worse places than this.
He held a sharp alloy dagger in his hand and cleared a path for himself.
At the same time, he was using his senses to search around to see if there were any signs of human presence.
In a place that seems almost like a primitive forest.
He believed that if the entrance to the underground lake was here.
The other party will not leave no trace.
After all, those aquatic plants need to be transported out after being collected.
No matter whether the other party chooses to use people or tools.
There will be some traces left.
So while Ye Yuan was looking for the entrance to the underground lake, he was also paying attention to some traces of human footsteps around him.
Huang Tian deserves a caring person.
Just when Ye Yuan had found a low-lying area on the mountainside.
He sensed something abnormal on the stone wall not far from him.
This cliff blocked Ye Yuan's right front.
The cliffs are covered with vines.
And the reason why Ye Yuan was attracted was...
There were some thick vines, with obvious signs of someone climbing up them.
If you are an ordinary person, you may not be able to discover these.
But some clues may be tiny in the eyes of others.
Under the infinite magnification of perception, it becomes very obvious.
How come people would come here so often to climb vines in such a remote place?
If it was said to be left by some rock climbing enthusiasts, it doesn't quite make sense.
Ye Yuan's heart was burning, but his hands did not slow down at all.
It's already past 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
If the entrance to the underground lake cannot be found in a short time.
Then Ye Yuan only has two choices.
One is to sleep outdoors in this wilderness.
The second is to return along the original route.
Ye Yuan is not a person who gives up easily.
Plus there is space at hand.
For him, choosing where to spend the night was not a difficult issue at all.
But if I don’t come back overnight, my mother and grandmother will inevitably worry.
So Ye Yuan looks calm at this moment.
In fact, I was quite anxious inside.
Now that he finally found a clue, how could he miss it?
So he quickly grabbed a thick vine and climbed up quickly like a monkey.
Originally Ye Yuan thought.
You need to climb to the top of the cliff to get something.
But when he climbed to a height of 30 meters on the cliff, he found that the problem was not as simple as he thought.
By the time we got here, all traces of human climbing had disappeared.
Could it be that these people had an accident here because they were unable to support themselves?
But it is obvious that these climbing traces cannot be left by an independent individual.
Apparently, the leaves on the vines fell off because someone climbed on them frequently.
And halfway through, leaves began to grow back on the vine.
That leaves only one possibility.
That is, these people’s destination is not the top of the mountain at all.
But somewhere on this cliff.
After Ye Yuan figured this out, his senses became fully open.
He himself was as agile as a monkey, jumping back and forth on the vines.
When Ye Yuan switched from one vine to another.
Perception finally found the answer.
Not far to Ye Yuan's right, there appeared a natural cave with a diameter of two meters.
The vines around the cave are obviously smoother than other places.
Ye Yuan even saw traces of human footprints at the entrance of the cave.
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up.
Could this be the place I'm looking for?
But how did these people do it?
Is it possible to open up such a large underground cave just by relying on a rock cave?
Ye Yuan still can't figure out these things.
But this did not prevent him from approaching the cave.
Cautiously approached.
But when he was only one meter away from the cave.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard coming from the cave.
Ye Yuan quickly climbed up the vines.
Finally, he arrived two meters above the cave and found a patch of lush green plants to cover his body.
He held the vine tightly in his arms with both hands.
Place your feet on the crevice of the cliff to support your entire body.
The footsteps slowly approached.
Judging from the voices, there should be two people.
"Jon, do we really still need to go out?"
At this moment, the two of them had already entered Ye Yuan's perception range.
The distance was only a few meters.
So Ye Yuan could not only see the situation inside the cave.
I could also clearly hear the conversation between the two people.
What surprised Ye Yuan the most was.
The person who just spoke before.
It was one of the people he had met in the underground lake before.
The black man called Jon was not the other one seen in the underground lake.
Ye Yuan could make this judgment just from this information.
This is not only the place I'm looking for.
And it seems that there are more than just the two of them here.
I just don't know what's going on inside the cave.
How many people exist?
“Kathleen, you are so energetic, do you know how popular those fish skins are?
We would be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn't make some money while we were on duty.
This is the cave, that's enough for me.
If it weren’t for these, do you think I would be here with you...”
The black man, Jon, kept talking.
Ye Yuan was just above their conversation, listening quietly.
Originally, Ye Yuan thought that he was exposed, which was why these two people were attracted.
But as he listened, Ye Yuan felt something was wrong.
It seemed that these two people were not attracted by my intrusion.
But these two were actually trying to sneak out of the cave from here.
The most interesting thing is that their purpose of going out is to secretly sell the piranha skins peeled off from the underground lake.
Ye Yuan had no intention of alarming the two.
Just listen here quietly.
The two stood at the entrance of the cave and chatted for a full 20 minutes.
There were also some quarrels between the two of them.
But throughout the process, Jon, the black man, was in the lead.
As the two people chat more and more.
Ye Yuan had already heard almost everything.
I also have a deeper understanding of this place.
Although it cannot be said that all the information is mastered.
But from the conversation between these two people.
I also analyzed a lot of information that was useful to me.
This cave.
It was not what Ye Yuan thought, it was the entrance to the underground lake.
The real entrance is somewhere else.
This is just a cave formed naturally in the cliff.
It was just opened up by accident when they were building the base.
The owner of the base did not choose to close the cave.
Because this is the best hidden observation point.
Once someone comes looking for it.
Here you can see the situation outside clearly without being easily discovered by outsiders.
So it was retained.
And the Kathleen that he had met in the underground lake before.
They are the workers of this mountain base.
They are required to travel back and forth between caves and underground lakes all year round.
Not only is it necessary to catch and slaughter piranhas to promote the rapid growth of aquatic plants.
They are also responsible for picking aquatic plants.
And the man known as Jon.
Obviously, his level is much higher than Kathleen's.
This person is not a permanent resident of this cave base.
They appear here in the form of rotation.
Their studio transports the dried aquatic plants within the base.
They are also responsible for transporting daily necessities to the base.
As for the piranha skin they mentioned.
It was a business opportunity that Jon discovered by chance.
Because here in addition to using piranha fish oil to promote the growth of aquatic plants.
The rest of the piranha's body originally chose to decompose directly in the underground lake.
But due to the special nature of piranha skin.
Many workers will choose to collect some.
As a daily pastime.
These fish skins are made into belts, clothes and other daily necessities.
Also by chance, Jon took some fish skin products away from the base.
Through his own channels, he actually sold it at a high price.
Now that Jon has tasted the sweetness, how could he miss such a good opportunity to make a fortune?
So he bribed several workers in the base and started his own business of buying and selling fish skins privately.
It’s okay if it’s less at first.
and was not discovered.
But as Jon's business grew bigger.
There is inevitably a risk of exposure.
After all, the people above won't turn a blind eye.
Although piranha skin has no value at all in the eyes of these people.
But what if the base is exposed because of the fish skin.
That was something they absolutely did not want to see happen.