Lin Xuan stayed a while longer. Seeing Panda Mother go off to find food herself and clearly not needing his concern at all, he finally relaxed.
At that moment, Lin Xuan was reassured.
He took the other Panda Cub with him and headed back.
Panda Mother could find food on her own, and there was no danger nearby, so Lin Xuan planned to return and make preparations. Tomorrow, or perhaps another day, he would investigate that cave.
Perhaps there were other creatures inside the cave worth investigating.
At around eight o'clock the next morning, Lin Xuan set out into the mountains with thoroughly prepared equipment.
He soon arrived outside the cave. The beam from the headlamp on his head shone into its depths.
He discovered that aside from the entrance, the cave curved downward as it extended inside.
It looked like a sinkhole, but its interior was several times larger than the entrance outside.
Standing at the cave entrance, Lin Xuan used his light to make out some of the scene.
The walls around the pit rose sheer and steep, smooth as though carved by knives and axes. In the middle of the cliffs was a massive opening, like a bottomless barrel!
"I didn't expect to find such a huge pit on this mountain!"
"Yeah, judging from the surroundings, this pit must have formed many years ago, but no one ever discovered it."
"Then the heavy rain caused this enormous pit to enter our view."
"I have to say, the streamer's luck is really incredible. He actually found such a huge pit."
Quite a few outdoor and nature enthusiasts entered Lin Xuan's livestream room and began sending barrage comments.
"This really is a pit, and I came here today because I plan to go down and take a look."
Lin Xuan was also filled with anticipation for what kind of sights lay within this "pit."
"Is the streamer really going down? We have no idea what's underneath. It's pitch-black!"
"Didn't you see how much equipment the streamer brought? He obviously came prepared to go down and investigate."
"Even if you tried to stop him, with the streamer's personality, he'd definitely take the risk and enter."
"To be honest, I'm really curious about what's inside this huge pit and what it looks like."
"Being curious is one thing, but the streamer's life is more important."
"Don't worry, everyone. Before I descend into this pit, I'll first inspect the surroundings and find a good place to go down."
Not long afterward, Lin Xuan finished surveying the area.
He took off his backpack and pulled out a climbing rope.
He had no idea what conditions awaited inside the cave, so the rope he had prepared was extremely long—a full five hundred meters.
Fortunately, his backpack was large enough. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to fit five hundred meters of rope inside.
He found a relatively large boulder, threaded one end of the rope through it, and tied it securely.
After tugging on it a few times and finding it very stable, Lin Xuan was at ease.
Holding the rope, he placed Xiao Qing into the small pouch at his waist.
"Xiao Qing, stay in there for a while. Once I get down, I'll let you have a look."
After reminding Xiao Qing, Lin Xuan prepared to enter the cave.
Gripping the rope, he moved into the cave, faced the entrance, and began descending step by step.
"Streamer, be careful!"
"Take it one step at a time. Don't rush, and watch out for slipping."
The viewers in the livestream room were all worried when they saw the streamer finally begin venturing deeper into the cave.
Some had seen plenty of news reports about inexperienced climbers who enjoyed mountain climbing but lacked the skills of veterans, making them especially prone to accidents.
And now, the streamer was entering this cave alone. If he slipped and fell, there would be nothing left of him.
When Lin Xuan had descended one hundred meters, a drip-drip sound emerged from the depths of the cave.
Water droplets fell quietly, stirring a beautiful echo through the cave.
Soon, Lin Xuan noticed a flash of white light. The next moment, he shifted his body slightly and beheld a wondrous sight.
It was an extraordinarily magnificent cave filled with stalactites.
Snow-white stalagmites rose straight from the ground, smooth and lustrous like jade.
Stalactites hanging from the ceiling stretched in dense rows like panpipes, refracting soft light beneath the lamp's illumination.
The reason it was so spectacular was that the arrangement of these stalagmites and stalactites was exceptionally strange.
Within the vast, hollow cavern, the stalactites and stalagmites mirrored one another above and below, forming an incredibly regular circle with only a tiny gap.
"Holy crap, these stalactites are so beautiful!"
"There are actually stalactites this deep inside the cave!"
"This is amazing. I've been to a really famous karst cave before, and the stalactites there were beautiful too, but they weren't nearly as evenly arranged as these!"
"The color of these stalactites is so pure! Most of the ones I saw before were dull gray, but these are so smooth and beautiful."
"The reason these stalactites are so beautiful has to do with the environment and the composition as well."
Lin Xuan explained.
He found a platform where he could stand, then shone his light downward and discovered that the cave continued even deeper below.
"Looks like this cave goes very deep!"
However, having discovered so many beautiful stalactites, Lin Xuan decided to remain here for a while.
He wanted to admire nature's miraculous craftsmanship.
After all, now that he was here, wouldn't it be a waste of the trip not to appreciate them?
Looking ahead, he saw that the platform he stood on was about half a meter from the platform where the stalactites were. To get over there, he would have to jump.
He let out some more rope, then leaped across.
Thud!
When he landed on the platform covered in stalactites, a clear thud echoed through the cave.
It sounded quite pleasant.
He walked toward the stalagmites, and the surrounding light grew brighter.
At that moment, Xiao Qing poked her head out of the pouch at Lin Xuan's waist and curiously looked around.
"SSS."
Flicking her tongue, she looked at Lin Xuan as though asking, Is it daylight?
"These stalactites and stalagmites are so beautiful! Streamer, switch to the drone view already—I want to take screenshots!"
"Yeah, I want screenshots too. Hurry up, streamer."
"Haha, no problem. Screenshot as many as you want."
Lin Xuan naturally agreed to this small request from the viewers.
He switched the livestream camera to the drone's perspective, then controlled the drone as it flew around the stalactites and stalagmites.
"Eh, streamer, look! Go a little farther in—there's actually a tiny pond right in the middle of the stalagmites!"
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