On this day, Lu Ning had just finished modifying the code when Xiang Xiaobao sent a message.
"Come to me quickly, something big has happened."
"What's the big deal?"
"Two children fell into the reservoir and drowned!"
So miserable.
"what's up."
"I heard that he was eaten by the monster in the reservoir!"
Monster in the reservoir?
It turned out that some children from the next village went up the mountain to play, and then they arrived at the reservoir. There were three children, one was eight years old and two were five years old.
Those who fell in were the two five-year-olds, a boy and a girl, twins.
The parents of two children who died were crying to death.
Xiang Xiaobao had heard about the monsters in the reservoir. The reservoir was very large and was said to have existed for hundreds of years. Before the reservoir was built, there was a deep pool there.
Some people have fallen into it before, whether adults or children, and all of them died without exception.
Not even the body was found.
Later, the old man in the village said that there was a dragon living inside.
This is naturally a legend, but the old people in the village firmly believe it.
"Come here quickly, we've asked someone to fish it out. Maybe a dragon will come out."
Xiang Xiaobao sent a video to Lu Ning.
In the video, there is a mountain forest first, then a huge lake, then villagers standing on the mountain road, and finally three divers.
Apparently, divers were asked to go down and recover the body.
"Okay, I'll come right away."
People like to join in the fun, and Lu Ning is no exception. Besides, after spending so many days typing code at home, it’s time to go out and relax.
It took ten minutes to ride to the next village.
Then we walked to the reservoir, which took nearly half an hour.
The reservoir is built halfway up the mountain, and it looks green at first glance.
Green mountains and green water.
But it's too big, really too big.
Looking at it visually, this reservoir must be nearly tens of thousands of square meters.
At this time, there were villagers standing around, all looking forward to it, as Xiang Xiaobao said, they wanted to see the dragon fly out.
How could there be a dragon?
If there is one, it is probably a python or anaconda at most.
Anyway, Lu Ning didn't believe in dragons.
"How's it going? Are those people going down?"
Lu Ning came to Xiang Xiaobao's side.
"I just went down. The three people who went down from three directions should not have come up so quickly. Hey, look, the one over there has his head exposed."
Just as a diver was changing his position and reappearing, Xiang Xiaobao pointed over there.
From a distance, the diver was wearing a black diving suit and carrying an oxygen bottle on his back. He had just come up and then gone down.
In addition to the three divers who went down, there were two more on the shore.
"It's really difficult to salvage such a large area."
"Tell me, are there any dragons in our reservoir?"
Xiang Xiaobao kept looking at the green lake in the distance.
Lu Ning replied: "If you don't know where the child fell from, you can only slowly start to salvage it from the surrounding area. If you are willing to spend time, you may be able to find it by walking around."
"As for whether there are dragons, how is that possible? There are probably giant catfish or pythons at most."
Lu Ning took a look and realized that this was a deep mountain, and creatures like pythons still existed.
And this reservoir has existed for so long, even if there are no pythons, there will definitely be large fish.
Such as catfish.
In other countries, the largest catfish can grow to nearly three meters, which is really a giant and can swallow several children alive without any problem.
There is a high probability that there are large catfish.
Moreover, catfish are aggressive towards moving objects, and some birds will be instantly swallowed by them if they fall into the water.
"I think it might be possible. My grandma once said that when she went up the mountain to cut firewood, she saw a huge thing sliding into the reservoir."
"That could be a python."
"Haven't you heard that it takes ten years to turn into a python, a hundred years to turn into an anaconda, and a thousand years to turn into a dragon? Maybe we have a dragon hidden here."
"Do you really believe that there are creatures like dragons in this world?"
"Why not? Have you never heard of the 'Yingkou Dragon Falls' incident? Do you think the ancients were all fools? There are so many records recording creatures like dragons, how could they be false? Those who record history, put all
History is true, but the dragon is not taken seriously, don’t you think it’s strange?”
"And there is a dragon in our twelve zodiac animals. If there is a dragon, there must be a dragon!"
Xiang Xiaobao stated his guess confidently.
It can be seen that he firmly believes that there are Jiao and dragons in this world.
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Many villagers were still gathered around the reservoir. The parents of two dead children were surrounded by several people, all waiting patiently.
The three divers would come up every forty minutes, and they would be replaced again. They went back and forth several times, until it got dark, but still made no progress.
"Let's stop here today, we will salvage again tomorrow."
A diver came over and said.
"Please, please continue salvaging. There may be a body of my child in the salvage now. If it's later, there won't even be a body left."
The two parents knelt in front of the diver and cried.
The villagers nearby also spoke for them at the same time, asking the divers to continue helping with the salvage.
Divers are in trouble.
"I heard that there is a dragon here, and if it's too late, the body will be eaten."
An old man spoke up.
"Okay, okay."
The three divers looked at each other and nodded helplessly.
A little tired at most.
As for the Jiao that the old man said, they naturally didn't believe it. They had seen a lot of big fish over the years of salvaging, but they had never seen a Jiao.
"Let's go back. It seems that we won't see the results for a while."
Lu Ning said to Xiang Xiaobao.
"Oh, I'm sorry for the two children. If my child is born, I will definitely not let him run around. I will tie him up at home."
Lu Ning smiled when he heard what he said: "It seemed like your mother was tied up at home when you were a child. How could you control this?"
He remembered that he and Xiang Xiaobao often swam in the river when he was a child.
What do you mean by accident? Some people are fine when swimming, but others drown when they swim.
All I can say is that things are unpredictable.
"Let's go."
Before leaving, Lu Ning took another deep look at the reservoir.
I thought to myself, 'Are there any dragons in the reservoir?'
Maybe he can test it again after he has new abilities in the future.
Such as the ultrasonic ability of dolphins.
With the ability of ultrasonic waves, the situation under the water can naturally be seen at a glance.
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the next day.
Xiang Xiaobao sent him another message, saying that the divers did not find the child's body.
Still not found on the third day.
They gave up on the fourth day.
They searched the bottom of the water around the shore, but couldn't find it either.
It may be washed into the center of the reservoir, or fall to the bottom of the downstream river bed, or even be wrapped in the lifted up sediment.
This matter will be settled.
The villagers and the parents had no choice but to discuss holding funerals for the two children first.
They were just two children under the age of five, how pitiful they were. The parents shed tears every day.
"You can observe it for a few more days and see. The body will usually float after a few days."
The divers asked them not to give up.
Since they are in this business, they naturally know corpses well.
Because in water, bacteria will decompose corpses. Sugars and proteins in the intestines, soft tissues, muscles and other decomposable areas of the human body serve as a source of energy. Decomposition begins in an anaerobic environment and produces ammonia, hydrogen, and methane.
and carbon dioxide and other gases. The released gases have nowhere to go and can only accumulate inside the human body and continue to expand.
As the body begins to slowly expand and decay, the newly formed gases will create the same buoyancy as oxygen, eventually bringing the body back to the surface. The volume of the body will increase significantly, but the weight of the person will not, making the body more likely to float.
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They have seen some bodies that were not found originally, but only surfaced days or even weeks later.
During salvage in their industry, there is also the phenomenon of secondary floating.
Therefore, if you don't want to give up the child's body, there is still hope of finding it.
"I know, thank you."
But obviously, the parents and even the old people in the village no longer have hope.
There is a dragon hidden in the reservoir. I have never seen anyone who fell in be able to float out of it.
There is a dragon in the reservoir, and they are convinced of it.