Nangong Qing continued, "I see that the roots of these trees have extended horizontally beyond the area where the iron box is located. Those trees are growing well, and they should also be growing well."
"They did bring water from afar, but before the water reached the tree trunks, it was absorbed by the iron box. Therefore, they were still short of water and became what they are now."
Zhang Fan said.
"Xiaofan, didn't you just say that the spell on this iron box can't affect these trees? How come it can absorb the water from the roots of these trees?"
Nangong Qingdao.
"What absorbs the water in the roots of these trees is not the spell on the iron box, but the material of the iron box itself."
Zhang Fan replied, "Let's dig down from the surface. The deeper we go down, the wetter the soil should be. But that's not the case with the land we dug this morning.
If you recall carefully, when we dug down to 1.5 meters, the soil at that location was not as moist as the soil above."
After Nangong Qing thought for a while, he said: "I... I have no impression of what you said. However, when we were about to dig the iron box, I clearly saw that the moisture there was not as good as the one above, and the soil was very hard.
, it’s very laborious.”
"Starting from about 1.5 meters, the further down you go, the less water there is."
Zhang Fan added, "This also proves that the closer to the iron box, the greater the loss of water in the soil.
The iron box cannot absorb the moisture in the soil above 1.5 meters, so those trees can survive as seedlings and then grow to be as thick as they are now.
As the tree gets bigger and bigger, it requires more and more water and nutrients, and its roots need to continue to penetrate deeper.
Since the loss of water is not very obvious at the 1.5 meter position, the roots of the tree that go deep down do not notice any abnormality and continue to dig down. When they are two meters underground, the roots of the tree feel the obvious loss of water.
So we changed the path and extended it horizontally outwards, so we have the current distribution scene of the tree roots."
Zhang Fan narrated the process he deduced to Nangong Qing, "But the iron box has a strong ability to absorb water. It also absorbed all the water absorbed by the roots of the trees from a distance. Therefore, those trees
It turned into such a miserable state."
"It makes sense..." Nangong Qing nodded, "That should be it."
"Xiao Fan, the material of this iron box absorbs water, what does it have to do with opening the box?"
Nangong Qing asked again, "I remember that ants can't swim."
"No... I just checked the information. The information shows that a small number of ants can swim. Ants, like us, have strong learning abilities. If they learn, they can have the ability to swim.
.”
Zhang Fandao said, "The queen ant uses a highly absorbent material to build the nest. I feel that there should be a place similar to our human swimming pool in the iron box nest. The queen is deliberately training her children's swimming ability."
"This...this conjecture is a bit incredible."
Nangong Qingdao.
"Based on biological nature, parents will try their best to let their children learn as many survival skills as possible, so that they can more easily survive in a cruel world."
Zhang Fan said.
"Yes, that's right."
Nangong Qing thought for a while and said, "Although there are differences in cognition between parents, they both have the same thoughts and ideas."
"Based on this situation, I came up with the guess I just mentioned."
Zhang Fan said.
"It makes sense logically, and that's probably the case."
Nangong Qingdao.
"Let's not go to the hotel. Let's go back to the village and into the woods."
Zhang Fandao, "Go over and verify my idea."
"what idea?"
Nangong Qing asked.
"You'll know when you get there."
Zhang Fan smiled.
It took about an hour for the two of them to arrive at the village. When they arrived at the village, there were two fire trucks parked at the entrance of the village committee. Village Chief Wang Tie looked at the two fire trucks with some confusion.
There's no fire in the village, so why are fire trucks here?
"Village Chief, I asked them to come here. You can go back and rest. This fire truck will come in handy in our process of getting rid of evil spirits."
Zhang Fan said.
"That's it... what I said..." Wang Tie smiled and scratched his head, "Then I'll go back and rest first. If you need anything, call me."
Zhang Fan nodded, and then gave two fire truck drivers two thousand yuan each. The two refused at first, but Zhang Fan was resolute, so they accepted the offer.
Zhang Fan transferred these two fire trucks through Zhang Shengli's relationship. The favor must go.
Zhang Fan asked the two of them to go to that private house to rest, and he and Nangong Qing drove a car to the woods to the north of the village.
The gap between the trees in the woods was too small for the fire truck to get in. Zhang Fan and Nangong Qing carried the front of the car and the parking space. With the support of the tree trunks along the way, they lifted the first fire truck like a dragonfly touching water.
We entered the middle of the woods, next to the iron box.
Zhang Fan gasped a few times, wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the spray gun, opened the valve, and a large amount of water poured out of the nozzle and sprayed directly on the iron box.
When the water column came into contact with the iron box, it was like a mud cow entering the sea. It didn't stir up any water splash, and it was all sucked into the iron box.
Seeing this scene, Nangong Qing's eyes lit up and she glanced at Zhang Fan with admiration. Zhang Fan could always find clues that others could not detect with his meticulous observation and clever mind.
Time passed by minute by second, and the iron box continued to absorb water from the fire truck. Zhang Fan used the water gun in his hand to fill the iron box with water while looking around.
But after twenty minutes, no reaction was seen from the iron box. At this time, the last spray of water was sprayed from the water gun.
"It seems that this traffic is not enough."
Zhang Fan said, "Let's transport this empty car out and bring in the car filled with water."
Nangong Qing said nothing and nodded in response.
Soon, the two men brought the second fire truck in. Zhang Fan continued to repeat the previous actions, filling the iron box with water. The iron box continued to absorb water crazily as usual.
About ten minutes later, a muffled "buzzing" sound was heard from the iron box.
Zhang Fan's spirit was shaken. Nangong Qing, who was sitting on the ground and dozing next to him, suddenly stood up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at the iron box carefully.
"Xiao Fan, this..." Nangong Qing looked at Zhang Fan and asked tentatively.
"Don't worry, it should be done soon..." Zhang Fan replied.