Looking at Xu Chunru’s reaction and her obviously frightened tone, could there really be something fishy?
Jiang Yue quickly rushed down the slope, came to the edge of the stream, and looked towards the water.
The water surface is so clear that it is indeed like a mirror, reflecting every detail.
However, there was only Jiang Yue's reflection in the water, and there was no other strange face that Xu Chunru mentioned.
Seeing that Jiang Yue didn't react when he took photos of the water, everyone else also walked to the edge of the stream and started taking photos of the water.
"No one."
"Sister Ru, aren't you dazzled?"
Xu Chunru couldn't help but feel angry when faced with everyone's doubts: "I can see clearly, how can it be possible that my eyesight is dazzled? Do you think I am the kind of person who talks nonsense?"
Xu Chunru was angry and kicked a small stone.
The small stones were kicked away, crashing and falling into the stream.
Tsk tsk tsk!
To everyone's surprise, when the stone fell into the water, it made a ripple and then made a sizzling sound. At the same time, a cloud of smoke rose up, as if a piece of burning coal was suddenly thrown into the water.
of.
This scene shocked everyone.
The people standing next to the stream involuntarily took a few steps back.
They were not sure whether it was a problem with the rocks or the water in the stream.
When a normal stone falls into the water, it will only cause a circle of ripples, and there will be no other reaction.
How could something like this happen in this place?
"Look!"
Suddenly Yu Siyuan stared at Xu Chunru in surprise.
To be precise, he was staring at Xu Chunru's shoes.
Everyone was wearing uniform marching boots, but Xu Chunru's marching boots had an obviously deformed wrinkle in front of the toe.
It looked as if it had been burned by fire.
Xu Chunru naturally discovered this change and took off her boots to check in great surprise.
Jiang Yue came over and said, "Did you just kick the rocks with this foot?"
He was facing the stream before, with his back to Xu Chunru. He had no eyes behind him, so he didn't know what was going on with Xu Chunru.
"It was fine just now. It was just a kick that made it look like this."
Xu Chunru sounded very frustrated.
"Look, there's another piece over there!"
Han Jingjing pointed to the slope a few meters away, where a larger stone lay, and ran over first.
"Don't touch it with your hands!" Jiang Yue reminded quickly.
Naturally, Han Jingjing would not be so reckless. The engineer shoveled up the stone, walked down the slope, and slowly sank the shovel surface into the water.
The stone was then submerged by the water.
Tsk tsk tsk!
It made a sizzling sound like a frying pan seeing water.
At the same time, white eyes kept popping up, and the water surface in the surrounding area started to boil.
Everyone was shocked.
A stone as big as a fist can actually make the cold water boil. How high is the temperature?
That is to say, Xu Chunru was lucky enough to kick with her feet just now, and the contact period was only for a moment. Otherwise, half of one foot would have been burned off.
Judging by the deformation of her shoes, you can tell how dangerous the kick just now was.
"This... what kind of stone is this?"
Han Jingjing took back the engineering shovel and threw the stone back into the grass.
At the same time, he threw the engineer's shovel into the grass and rubbed it with both hands.
In just a short time, the stone conducted heat to the end of the engineer shovel, causing Han Jingjing to feel hot to the touch.
You must know that this engineer shovel itself is made of special materials and can withstand high and low temperatures. However, in just a few breaths, the heat is transmitted to the hand and becomes hot, and the stone is still immersed in water!
Even burning coal would never have such an exaggerated amount of heat, right?
Besides, the surface of this stone is unremarkable, with a dull bluish-gray color, and it doesn't look like it's burning at all.
"Everyone, please be careful not to let your skin touch it."
Jiang Yue reminded everyone, and he walked to the stone and looked at it carefully.
From the appearance, this stone does not seem to have any depth.
Of course, Jiang Yue had never seen this kind of stone before.
But the strange thing is that the stone is lying in the grass, and the green grass seems not to be eroded by the stone at all.
This is somewhat bizarre and abnormal.
If the temperature of this stone is terrifying, how can it not be destroyed by the grass surrounding it?
Plants are not very capable of withstanding high temperatures.
This place is really full of weirdness that is difficult to understand.
Jiang Yue wanted to take this stone out, but seeing how evil this thing was, there was no way he could get his hands on it.
If someone accidentally touches this with their hands, in just a few seconds, they will be able to sprinkle cumin and chopped green onion on it and eat it directly.
Those boulders above are bone-chillingly cold.
And this small stone was surprisingly hot.
But the plants and grass in this area were not affected at all.
This completely subverts everyone's common sense, as if all this does not belong to the ecosystem of the Gaia planet at all, and it is completely impossible to explain it all with the knowledge of the Sunshine Age.
This reminded Jiang Yue of Professor Lu.
Could it be that Professor Lu came to this place to investigate because of the great changes that occurred in this place and the emergence of various ecological phenomena that would never have occurred in the Sunshine Era?
Now it's hard to find the answer to everything just by guessing.
"Everyone cheer up and leave here first." Jiang Yue greeted.
Du Yifeng glanced at the stone with some reluctance. He had just taken out his cell phone and took a photo. The reluctance in his eyes showed that he also wanted to take the stone away.
Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything.
None of the equipment I currently have can carry this stone.
After walking a few steps, Du Yifeng suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute."
Everyone looked at him in astonishment.
"Jiang Yue, look at the grass around you. It seems that it is not affected by the high temperature of this stone. If we use these grasses to make a bag, can we carry it with us?"
The more Du Yifeng talked, the more excited he became. He felt that he was so clever. Especially Jiang Yue had not thought of such a good idea.
Xu Chunru had some psychological shadow: "Yifeng, a broken stone, are you sure you want to take such a risk?"
"Haha, Sister Ru, are you an amateur at this? I dare say that there is absolutely no such stone in the various original mineral deposits of the Gaia planet. I heard that there are some rough stones appearing in various places now, which contain the Gaia planet.
The elements that were not there before are very precious, and a small piece of them is worth a lot of money.”
"A thousand gold can't buy it? How much is a thousand gold? Ten million?"
"Haha, Jingjing, this is not like your imagination. The thousand gold I said is not a false report, but a real thousand kilograms of gold. You can calculate how much it is for you! Moreover, this is a conservative estimate.
.”
A pound of gold on the market costs about 200,000 yuan.
One thousand pieces of gold, that’s almost two hundred million?
Everyone thought about it in their minds and were all surprised. Is a stone so valuable?
Jiang Yue's reaction was dull. Whether it was worth 200 million or two yuan, his focus was not on that at all.
If you can't leave here alive, even if it's worth 20 billion, it's useless?
Han Jingjing was a little disapproving because rough stones also appeared at black market trade fairs.
Moreover, the rough stone was taken away by Jiang Yue.
Although that thing is valuable, it doesn't seem worth taking such a big risk, right?
But seeing that Du Yifeng seemed to be full of interest, no one could say anything. After all, this trip was following Du Yifeng's mission.
Du Yifeng saw everyone looking at him with strange eyes and said with a smile: "I'm not greedy for money, my mission is related to this jungle trip. Even if I can't find the missing people, I will be satisfied if I can bring some specimen clues back.
Among them, it’s a C-level mission, right?”
This reason is so strong that it is difficult to refute it.
And the perfect reason for this is that even if other people are also interested in this stone, they are too embarrassed to argue with him.
After all, this trip was Du Yifeng's mission.
Du Yifeng was not a skilled man. Just by looking at the way he was cutting grass and weaving, you could tell how poor his craftsmanship was. Yu Siyuan kindly stepped forward to help.
After working hard for a while, I finally made a simple small bag. Although it didn't look good, it could finally hold the rocks.
It doesn't weigh much when you hold it in your hand, weighing about two or three kilograms.
The only drawback is that you have to free one hand to carry it, and it can't be placed elsewhere or hung on your body.
This thing is very evil. If it rubs against your skin, it will cause burns and you will be in big trouble.
Du Yifeng was very proud to be carrying this thing.
But in other people's eyes, Du Yifeng carrying such a thing was no different from carrying a bomb, so everyone subconsciously kept a certain distance from him.
"Du Yifeng, carry it carefully and don't let it slip out." Han Jingjing was not polite at all and took the initiative to issue a warning.
"Be careful and keep it tightly, there is no way it will come out."
Everyone walked along the stream for a full quarter of an hour. The stream seemed to have no end at all. Walking back and forth, it was as if they were walking along an endless road with no end at all.
"Du Yifeng, didn't you say that this jungle trip only covers more than 100 acres? We have been walking for half an hour, and it is more than enough to go around in one circle. Why do we feel like we are still going around in circles?"
Du Yifeng was actually wondering the same thing, but he didn't take the initiative to say it out loud.
Yu Siyuan asked, "Do we have to cross this stream to find a way out?"
Han Jingjing said quietly: "You're just afraid that there is no way out from this place, right?"
No way out?
In broad daylight, everyone was shocked into a cold sweat by Han Jingjing's words.
After walking around in circles for so long, it looked like there was a road under my feet, but in fact it didn’t seem like it was a road at all. I was just wandering around blindly.
Han Jingjing continued: "Didn't we say before that two groups of passengers disappeared after entering? Did the staff also disappear after entering? Maybe they were lost in the jungle?"
"Impossible! No matter what, we can always walk back along the road, right?" Du Yifeng said.
Xu Chunru said hurriedly: "Yifeng, your specimens have been collected and photos taken, so you finally have an assignment, right? As I say, let's go back the same way we came from now, right?"
"I agree." Yu Siyuan had already felt nervous. Hearing Xu Chunru's suggestion, he immediately agreed.
"I agree too." Han Jingjing rarely shares the same position as Xu Chunru.
"You agree! I don't agree!" Du Yifeng said angrily, "This is my mission, I have the final say. If you are afraid, you can go back the way you came and wait for us outside. I will go out with Jiang Yue to follow you later.
Meet again."
He specifically emphasized "Jiang Yue and I", which meant clearly that Jiang Yue belongs to me now. You can go out if you want, but don't try to take advantage of Jiang Yue.
"Du Yifeng, how can you be so selfish? Don't drag Jiang Yue along with you." Han Jingjing suddenly became unhappy.
"What do you know? This is a matter between me and Jiang Yue." Du Yifeng usually seldom argued with Han Jingjing.
But this time, he was not polite at all.
"So, if you die, don't you have to drag Jiang Yue along with you to be buried with you?" Han Jingjing said angrily.
"Han Jingjing, can't you say something nice? If you don't wish me well, you can't curse Jiang Yue either."
"Want to hear something nice? Sorry, no!" Han Jingjing said angrily.
Xu Chunru also advised: "Yifeng, we have all read your mission. If you can find some clues, you must have achieved C level. When you return to Star City, there will be no problem in doing business. Why do you have to continue to take this risk?"
"Sister Ru, the official gave us four levels of tasks, there must be a purpose. If we casually complete a low-level task, we can pass the task, but we may not be able to pass the assessment? We have to make sure it is safe. In my opinion,
It must be at least C+ grade."
Du Yifeng's little calculation was quite good.
Xu Chunru sighed: "You are greedy."
"Okay, okay, anyone can make a sarcastic comment. If you try to persuade me to give up as soon as I get along, it might be more unfair to you than me." It was obvious that Du Yifeng had no intention of compromising at all.
"Jiang Yue, what do you think?" Du Yifeng asked Jiang Yue the question.
He knew Jiang Yue and knew that there was a deal agreement between the two. With Jiang Yue's personality, he would definitely not go back on it.
Jiang Yue was noncommittal and sighed: "I think you are all too optimistic. Even if you want to go back now, it may not work."
Everyone was shocked and asked: "What do you mean?"
"You mean, even if we go back the way we came, we still won't be able to get out?"
"Isn't it possible? I have marked the way here. Follow the marks and you will never go wrong! I am very sure of this."
Jiang Yue didn't argue and pointed to the straw bag in Du Yifeng's hand.
"Yifeng, throw this thing away, it's almost burning."
Du Yifeng lowered his head and saw that some smoke was rising from the temporary straw-tied bag, and it seemed that the bottom was beginning to burn unknowingly.
"How could this happen?" Du Yifeng quickly let go.
Others even tried to avoid it for fear of being scratched on their skin.
The straw-made bag wrapped with rocks suddenly started to burn incredibly quickly under everyone's attention.
boom!
In just a few seconds, a ball of scorching fire burst out and instantly turned into ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye. This burning power was simply frighteningly fast.
If Du Yifeng had slipped the bag in his hand and failed to drop it in time, you can imagine what would have happened. Thinking about it makes you feel scared.
Not to mention Du Yifeng, everyone else looked frightened.
When the stone was revealed in the ashes, it did not change its appearance at all due to burning, and its original color remained the same.