"Clang," Jiang Fan felt the stone slab beneath his feet hit something.
Then, Jiang Fan heard a creaking sound like tightening a screw.
Following that, with a bang, the edge of the stone slab cracked. Jiang Fan, with agile movements, leaped to the center.
The speed of the stone slab's descent and rotation slowed down. Jiang Fan quickly took advantage of the light to get a clear view of his surroundings.
The surroundings were still stone walls, but these walls had been carved into a spiral shape.
The stone slab, like a giant nut, was embedded in the spiral grooves of the stone walls, slowly sliding down.
The descent speed gradually lessened and stabilized. Jiang Fan guessed that they were nearing their destination and calmly sat down cross-legged.
At the same time, he was astonished that such advanced mechanisms existed in ancient times.
After all, screws and nuts were only manufactured in the neighboring country, Japan, around the 1600s.
At that time, merchants from the country of France were shipwrecked and drifted to Tanegashima Island in Japan.
The lord of Tanegashima Island in Japan imitated the firearms of the French and created Japan's first firearm – the "teppo."
As a result, due to their inability to manufacture screws and nuts, the first-generation "teppo" were completely unusable.
Later, they had to pay a heavy price to purchase complete ones from the French merchants.
Unexpectedly, China had invented these things in ancient times, which truly amazed Jiang Fan.
The viewers in the live stream also expressed their heartfelt admiration.
"Glory to my Great China, how advanced ancient civilization's technology was."
"Those foreigners who smear our ancient civilization as mythology should take a good look and slap themselves in the face."
"Slap slap slap…"
"Why are you slapping yourself?"
"I am one of the foreigners you mentioned. I was wrong, Chinese ancient civilization is too advanced."
"Mistakes acknowledged are greatly rectified. What other wonders lie ahead? I am becoming increasingly expectant."
Jiang Fan sat cross-legged when suddenly, with a loud bang, it was evident that the stone slab platform beneath them had reached its end.
The stone slab suddenly cracked open, forming a large hole. Caught off guard, Jiang Fan fell through.
He reacted swiftly, and as he landed, he instantly supported himself with one hand, performed an aerial flip, and landed steadily on his feet.
However, the moment he landed, Jiang Fan could no longer hold on. His knees buckled, and he knelt on one knee, gasping for breath.
"Bang."
"Bang."
"Bang."
People from the other three tunnels also fell down one after another.
Yao was the only one, besides Jiang Fan, who managed to land on his feet.
But even as he landed, he was disoriented and looked around blankly.
His gaze was unfocused, in a state of "who am I, where did I come from, where am I going."
Zhou Niannian, unprepared, landed on all fours, grimacing from the impact, unable to get up immediately.
As soon as she struggled to rise, a wave of nausea washed over her, and she vomited to the side.
The problem was that there was nothing left to vomit, only dry heaving.
Dai Xiaomei fell straight down; she had already fainted.
Fortunately, she landed on her back, and the "thud" actually woke her up.
A large bump formed on the back of Dai Xiaomei's head, and she cried out in pain.
Jiang Fan sighed and said,
"Let's all rest for a while first."
It was evident that everyone's complexions were poor; this roller coaster ride had taken a serious toll on them.
After a short rest, Jiang Fan felt somewhat better.
He picked up the bamboo tube, mixed the honey and water, and drank a few gulps.
The fragrant honey entered his mouth, and Jiang Fan immediately felt energized.
He walked over to Zhou Niannian and handed her the honey water.
Zhou Niannian, not caring that Jiang Fan had already drunk from it, took it and eagerly gulped it down.
However, she drank too quickly and choked, causing her to cough loudly.
Jiang Fan frowned and quickly patted her back.
As a result, the honey water was vomited out by Zhou Niannian, all wasted.
The viewers in the live stream let out murmurs of surprise.
"Does this count as an indirect kiss?"
"The dog food is so sweet."
"Hehe, it's too sweet, that's why the dog food was thrown up again."
"By the way, where exactly is this place?"
Jiang Fan asked sternly.
"Where is Panda?"
Yao made a gesture, indicating that Panda had been left on the ground above.
"Ah, our cute Gun Gun is gone."
Dai Xiaomei looked very dejected, but she quickly added.
"The reserve food supply is gone."
If Panda could hear that, it would have surely knocked her to the ground with a single swipe.
"Food, it's here."
Zhou Niannian's eyes lit up as she found something resembling a wheat bread next to her.
She reached out to grab it, but upon touching it, the bread suddenly turned to dust.
Zhou Niannian was startled and dared not touch anything anymore.
Jiang Fan looked around; it was like a massive warehouse.
Various messy objects were scattered on the ground, including all sorts of weapons.
There were crude stone axes made of stone, bronze spears, iron swords, and even weapons forged from gold, glinting with golden light.
Some weapons were made of materials that were impossible to identify.
One axe had a handle and blade made of a bright, strange gemstone.
There was also a bow and arrow made from what appeared to be animal hide, with emerald green hexagonal scales, resembling the legendary dragon scales.
Some of these weapons were damaged and rusty, while others were remarkably well-preserved and intact.
Jiang Fan, his hands itching, casually picked up a sword as bright as autumn water.
To his surprise, this sword, though not large in appearance, was terrifyingly heavy.
Jiang Fan hadn't expected the sword to be so heavy. With a thud, the sword slipped from his grasp and hit the ground, cracking the stone slabs.
Jiang Fan was startled and dared not touch any other weapons.
Besides weapons, there were many containers filled with food and fruits.
Jiang Fan thought for a moment and did not touch them.
He feared that, like Zhou Niannian earlier, the food would turn to dust upon contact.
What surprised Jiang Fan was that many of the foods and fruits were only introduced to China in later dynasties and would not have been available thousands of years ago.
For instance, tomatoes, which are very common now, were only introduced to China during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty.
Potatoes, introduced to China around the same time as tomatoes, were also shamelessly present here.
Additionally, there were crystal plates containing a bunch of grapes and vibrant pomegranates, with a few walnuts placed beside them.
In Jiang Fan's memory, these items were only introduced from the Western Regions after Zhang Qian opened the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty.
He also saw taro, garlic, carrots, and green onions, all common in modern society.
The question was, why were items that would only appear hundreds of years later present here?