"But, Jiang Fan, are you sure this rope won't come undone?"
Zhou Niannian mimicked Jiang Fan, wrapping one rope around her waist, while the other swayed upward along the waterfall.
Her back was to the ascending golden cascade, her feet planted on the bank, her fingers trembling.
Her nervousness was evident, and she couldn't help but speak to Jiang Fan.
Noticing her unease, Jiang Fan understood.
"The rope is tied to two slipknots on the stone. The one next to you is an auxiliary rope. Once you're stable or run out of paracord, pull it hard, and it'll be fine."
"Relax, stay calm, it's not difficult."
"Get ready."
"3, 2, 1..."
As he finished speaking, he leaned back slightly, a mysterious force surrounding him once more, lifting him upward.
His body submerged into the golden waterfall. It was warm, but not uncomfortably so.
Zhou Niannian followed closely. Lacking experience, she panicked for a while, uncontrollably flipping several times within the waterfall.
Fortunately, the paracord helped her maintain her balance.
Her back occasionally bumped against the rock face, but the paracord pack offered some cushioning, making it bearable.
She tried to keep her head above the water to breathe and replenish her oxygen.
Jiang Fan was more accustomed to this environment. Rappelling with the current, he breathed rhythmically, letting out the paracord, and moved much faster than Zhou Niannian.
Watching them ascend in an orderly fashion, a stark contrast to Dai Xiaomei's earlier panic.
Even Bear Grylls, accustomed to wilderness survival, nodded in approval.
"The paracord Jiang Fan tied to the stone has two slipknots. The auxiliary rope is connected to this end. When the time comes, just pull the auxiliary rope to retrieve the paracord."
"This technique is very professional, even I couldn't do it better."
His praise made Lele feel proud, puffing out his chest.
"Of course! I noticed it right away. Jiang Shen must be some kind of explorer to be this skilled."
Before Lele could elaborate on his praise, the scene changed.
The waterfall reached the top and began to flow as a golden river towards the ceiling ahead.
Maintaining her position in the waterfall and staying afloat had already consumed a lot of Zhou Niannian's stamina.
Unaware, the rope gradually slipped from her grasp.
As her speed increased, the rope around her waist tightened.
By the time she reached the ceiling, the rope was pulled taut, exerting an unstable force.
Zhou Niannian instantly lost her balance, spinning in the waterfall, becoming entangled in more ropes, and was submerged.
If this continued, she would be cocooned by the ropes and drown.
The small ball faithfully recorded the situation, causing everyone else to tense up instantly.
Fortunately, Jiang Fan was closely monitoring Zhou Niannian and immediately pulled her auxiliary rope.
When she floated to his side, Jiang Fan grabbed her collar and pulled his own auxiliary rope.
He was carrying four paracords and Zhou Niannian.
Jiang Fan took a deep breath and willingly allowed himself to be swept away by the golden river.
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
The water blocked out everything, leaving only the constant sensation of rising and falling.
He managed to stay conscious in the water, his eyes squeezed shut by the current, losing all sense of time.
A rapid river seemed to toss them into a washing machine, tumbling them.
Constantly flipping.
Centrifugal force and weightlessness made their heads throb, unable to breathe.
After an immeasurable, long period, their eyes suddenly perceived light.
It was a brightness they could clearly sense even with their eyes shut, revealing itself to their vision.
Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian were caught off guard, forcefully ejected from the water by the powerful current!
They blinked their eyes open and realized they had been thrown into the air above a golden ocean.
At the same moment, the washing machine-like current spat out a person—
It was Dai Xiaomei, who had been swept into the golden waterfall before them!!!
"Dai Xiaomei!"
"Sister Zhou!!!"
Both were overjoyed.
As Jiang Fan's body was propelled away from the sea, he scanned the surroundings for any land, any place they could land.
However, he only saw the blinding sun, which seemed to merge with the horizon, many meters below.
And as far as the eye could see, countless golden waterfalls formed pillars of water, pouring from the sky into the ocean.
Just like the golden waterfall that brought them here.
From the ocean, not only was there no land, but the surroundings were also filled with dangerous waterfalls.
It seemed they could only float on this golden ocean for a while to figure out their next move. The paracord packs' waterproofness... should hold.
Jiang Fan's mind raced.
But his body didn't return to the ocean as he'd hoped.
In a moment of weightlessness, their bodies completely detached from the ocean, gravity reversing its direction.
They began to fall towards the sky.
"!!!"
"!!!"
Before Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei could exchange any words, they could only look at each other as they ascended.
"What's going on ahhh!!!"
They quickly looked back at where the sky had been.
They saw that below, bathed in golden sunlight, lay a vast jungle.
A slowly flowing golden river wound through the entire jungle, and at its end, an upward-flowing river reversed into a waterfall, pouring into the golden ocean above.
The jungle below was lush and magnificent.
Emerald rainforests, colorful flower forests, dark thorn forests, and nearby, forests of glowing blue-purple giant mushrooms...
Further in the distance, near the horizon, a bright sun hung at the boundary between the horizon and the golden ocean.
They seemed to have arrived on another planet.
An endless jungle!
Underground!!!
And they, at this moment, were thousands of feet above, like ants who had stumbled into a giant's land, falling vertically downwards from the golden ocean above—
The nauseating feeling lingered in their hearts, the intense weightlessness and ever-increasing speed making their minds hazy.
The moment they saw the vast jungle below, everyone marveled at the miracle of creation.
Was this truly a landscape that Earth could possess?
"Shocked! This is too beautiful, did Jiang Shen and them fall through a rabbit hole into a fairy tale world?"
"We must be thousands of meters underground by now! A golden ocean and a giant jungle... how big is this cave!"
"No, such a beautiful place, I have to show it to my friends and family!"
"Hasn't anyone noticed Jiang Shen and them are falling down? If this continues, they'll turn into a smear of meat!"
"Holy crap! No matter what they do, they'll end up as meat paste. But it's okay, I believe in Jiang Shen, as long as he's here, he'll eventually solve it!!!"
Jiang Fan had been in the mine for several hours, and dawn was approaching.
The viewers who had been watching the live stream all night had now developed an unparalleled trust in Jiang Fan.
With him around, any problem could be solved!
In places beyond the reach of rescue teams, all they could do was silently pray.
'Go, Jiang Shen!'