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.

river and put the trunk upright into the river and watched

was completely submerged in the water, but it didn’t sink

didn’t look deep, but unexpectedly, the depth

The shallow areas were already more than 13 feet deep. How deep could it be

they

to go along the river and check whether 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 its length had no

while looking at it. After a while, he said to Louis, “Louis, I’ve looked at it. The narrowest part of this river is around 40 feet. No matter how deep it was, it couldn’t be more than 33 feet at most. And it’s probably not that deep. 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

be a

asked Gabriel, “Mr. Lewis, nothing floats on the Alpar River, but is it poisonous? Is there any problem with people diving in the

“I have never heard of this. The records only mention that nothing floats on the Alpar River, but I

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

was very careful, but he didn’t feel anything on his hand. He

were no different from ordinary water, as crystal clear as dew droplets, and

touched the skin,

few minutes, Louis flicked the water out of his palm and

happened. At least, there was nothing wrong with the water.

a bundle of thin

of times stronger in tensile strength compared to regular nylon ropes, yet it was much smaller in

thickness comparable to a little finger, could bear about 660 pounds of weight. But now, with only three or

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

ability to

with new technology. The 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