I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 85

None of Louis and the others understood Gabriel’s words, nor had they ever heard of the Alpar River.

But they were all surprised to see that nothing floated on this river. They bent down to search for dead branches and withered leaves. Louis even took out some down feathers from his clothes and threw them into the river.

As expected, everything they threw in sank. Nothing floated on the surface of the river.

Hailey threw a paper towel folded into a small boat. Watching it sink and disappear into the water, she asked Gabriel curiously, “Mr. Lewis, what is the reason behind this?”

Gabriel stared at the river, shaking his head, and smiled wryly. “This river only exists in legends. No one in the world had ever seen it with their own eyes, so I always thought it was just a myth. As recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, there is a body of water north of Kenfort, and the water has no buoyancy, hence the name, the Alpar River. And according to Seas of Phoenix Island, Phoenix Island is located in the center of the west sea, spanning 450 miles. The island is surrounded by Alpar water, where not even a goose feather can float, and it cannot be crossed.”

He went on, “This ancient record was mysterious to the ancients, but it is not credible for modern people anymore. With the development of modern transportation, airplanes could go anywhere in the world. Therefore, there were no places on Earth that could not be seen or visited. No one has ever discovered such a river, so I believe it does not exist. But here…”

Hailey lowered her head and stared at the river, truly puzzled. She wondered what kind of water this was. Not even a goose feather could float on it. It was something she had never heard or seen before.

Sienna also stood beside Hailey and stared at the river. On the other side, Gunther asked Gabriel, “Mr. Lewis, how do we… cross this river?”

Gabriel shook his head. “I don’t know, either. I wonder if there is a bridge to cross this river.”

Howeyer, looking at the distant horizon, there was no bridge visible on this river, not even a simple wooden bridge.

The vast majority of the area in this river was more than 33 feet wide, with at least 65 feet in wider parts, and at least around 40 feet in the narrowest areas. It was impossible to jump over.

Louis turned around and went to the edge of the jungle to find a slender sapling, about 13 feet long, and chopped it down. He cleared off the branches and then took them to the riverside to test the water depth.

and put the trunk upright into the river and watched it sink

trunk, about 13 feet long, was completely submerged in the water, but it didn’t sink to the bottom.

river looked green and tranquil, and it didn’t look deep,

got into the water. The

could they cross it?

there were bridges in other places. The distance was too far. The river was over 70 miles long, and it was estimated that most of

We have ropes. I’ll tie it to my waist and wade across the river. I can hold my breath underwater for up to four minutes. The river is only 40 feet long,

be

nodded and asked Gabriel, “Mr. Lewis, nothing floats on the Alpar River, but is it poisonous? Is there

was stunned and then shook his head. “I have never heard of this. The records only mention that nothing floats on the Alpar River, but I have never heard of any

hearing this, Louis immediately went to chop off another tree trunk. He dipped it into the river for a while, then lifted it up

droplets on his hand from the tree trunk, Louis was very careful, but he didn’t feel anything on his hand. He even collected

as crystal clear as dew droplets,

the skin,

few minutes, Louis flicked the water out of his palm

At least, there was nothing wrong with

thin nylon rope

It was hundreds of times stronger in tensile strength

about 660 pounds

thick as a little finger, it could bear 5,500 pounds to 22,000

ability to create such

thickness of this nylon rope was only about the size of a fork, but such a bundle of 330 feet of ropes only weighed about 11 pounds. It was truly impressive.