However, this platform seemed to be at a wind outlet. The wind was howling and cold, and the blowing on the face gave people a biting feeling.
Wind is caused by the heat radiated by the sun, and only when the air flows does it produce wind. In this deep underground place where there is no sunlight, I don’t know where the wind comes from?
Looking around, the platform is not wide, but very long. It extends along the bottom of the cliffs with unknown heights on the left and right sides. I don't know where the ends of the two sides are?
Ning Xiaofan took out his tablet and opened the positioning display to take a look.
According to the main line marked on the positioning map, everyone needs to continue moving towards the north, and the north is located directly in front of everyone. However, the distance that this platform extends forward is less than fifty meters, and the end is bottomless.
cliff.
There is no way forward.
Everyone was faced with a choice, either to take a detour from both sides of the rock wall, or to find a way to get to the bottom of the cliff and then find a way out.
The fat man suggested: "Xiao Fan, let's go down the cliff. If we take a detour, the direction will be a bit far off. I don't know where we will go?"
Before Ning Xiaofan could answer, Wang Zhipeng said: "What if there is no way under the cliff? I suggest you take a detour. It's dark under the cliff. Who knows what dangers there are down there?"
This Wang Zhipeng regained the leadership of his own team and became active immediately.
"Hey, if there is a road and if there is any danger, you will know if you go down and explore. Besides, Leader Wang, if you are willing to take a detour, no one will stop you..." The fat man did not hide the disdain in his eyes.
There is a strong sense of rejection among them.
"What's your attitude?" Wang Zhipeng said angrily.
Ning Xiaofan glanced at Wang Zhipeng and said calmly: "Okay, you two, stop talking so much nonsense. Hou San, you go down to investigate first, be careful."
Hou San's role in the team was to explore the route, so he had no complaints and immediately called Lao Wang and Xiao Shanzi to prepare equipment.
When working in the field, you will often encounter cliffs. There is no shortage of required equipment. Compared with climbing the cliff, climbing down the cliff is much easier. As long as the rope is long enough and strong enough, and there are pulleys to assist the descent, there is no need to worry.
It's not dangerous and doesn't consume much energy.
Soon, the other end of the rope was fixed with rivets at the top of the cliff. After throwing a large roll of rope off the cliff, Hou San put on a safety suit with a hook pulley, then put the rope on the pulley, and leaned forward.
Just jumped down.
The rope whirred and slid in the pulley, occasionally stopping. Soon after, the pulley stopped rotating, and then Hou San's response came from the headset.
There is a road below
Ning Xiaofan was slightly happy and motioned to Fatty and others to go down in turn.
"Team Leader Wang, how do you arrange it?" Ning Xiaofan asked Wang Zhipeng, but he really wanted to separate the two teams and get rid of this trouble.
"Since there is a road under the cliff, let's go together. There is strength in numbers." Wang Zhipeng replied with a sneer. He obviously knew that his team was weak and lacked supplies. Without Ning Xiaofan's team, safety and even survival could not be guaranteed.
All become problems.
Ning Xiaofan smiled noncommittally. If it weren't for Li Wanting's sake, he wouldn't bother to ask.
It didn't take long for everyone to slide down the rope and reach the bottom of the cliff.
Under the cliff, there were piles of rocks, but to everyone's delight, there were still many luminous plants growing here. Although they were not as dense as the dreamy canyon, there was no shortage of light sources. Not only that, everyone also discovered that among them
Some stones also emit a faint halo, either red or green, with different colors and colors.
Regarding these luminous rocks, Ning Xiaofan was not as anxious as he was at the creek, but secretly motioned to Fatty and others to check them.
The final conclusion was somewhat disappointing. These stones were of little value. Through testing, it was found that there are two reasons why these stones glow. One is that the stones themselves contain minerals, and the other is somewhat strange, that is, the stones
There is a microorganism attached to the surface of the block. This microorganism is similar to bacteria and algae. Why does it glow? It is unknown.
However, while Fatty and others were secretly examining these luminous stones, Professor Zhao and others were not idle either. Their group of experts and scholars were also quite interested in luminous stones, but they seemed not to know the existence of spiritual stones.
Rather, it is simply a research attitude.
However, Professor Zhao and others came to a preliminary conclusion through testing, believing that the bacteria and algae on the surface of the stones are similar to the unique red stones from the red stone beaches in Sichuan.
Red Stone Beach is located on a river beach in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan. The red stones in the river beach are not red in color, but a strange fungus grows on the surface of the stone, making the surface red.
It is built on top of the rocks on the river bed. At a glance, the red waves are a spectacle.
What’s even more bizarre is that this kind of bacteria and algae can only survive on the red rock beach. If the stone with the red bacteria and algae is taken away from the red rock beach, the red bacteria and algae attached to the surface of the stone will die soon after, until it turns into stone.
It becomes gray-black and even disappears.
This phenomenon is quite mysterious and cannot be explained from a scientific perspective, so the "mystery of Red Rock Beach" still exists today.
Professor Zhao and others did not pick up stones after taking samples of bacteria and algae, because they had already detected that once the luminous bacteria and algae left the tiankeng, they would die as quickly as the red stone bacteria and algae attached to the red stone beach.
Thereby returning it to a normal stone.
Fortunately, no matter what, since this kind of strange fungus and algae can survive in the sinkhole and can also emit halo, then everyone does not have to worry about being blind during the rest of the journey...
The terrain at the bottom of the cliff is like a dry river beach, about a hundred meters wide.
In the central area of the river beach, there are trickling streams winding down from the piles of rocks. The stream is clear, and five-colored lights are hidden at the bottom of the stream. These lights come from the pebbles or sand under the stream, like strips of colorful light.
, gorgeous and charming.
The drier areas on both sides of the river beach are densely covered with pebbles and fine gravel. The light is also shining, and the gravel is soft and comfortable when people step on it.
At this time, Professor Zhao casually picked up a handful of gravel, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "This time Xin'ao went out to prospect, the results have been considerable. So far, this place is enough for Xin'ao to recover some of it."
It’s a cost.”
After hearing this, Ning Xiaofan felt something in his heart and asked, "Professor Zhao, how do you say this?"
"It's very simple. The gold content of the beach under our feet is not low, and we can definitely dig out a lot of sand gold."
It turned out to be alluvial gold. Ning Xiaofan and Fatty were only interested in the legendary spirit stone at the moment. They didn't think anything of it after hearing this. However, Wang Zhipeng's eyes lit up and he said with a burning look: "Professor Zhao, what do you mean,
Is this a gold mine?”
"That's more or less the case. However, compared to this place, I still think that the research value of that canyon is greater." Professor Zhao said noncommittally.
Professor Zhao was noncommittal, but Wang Zhipeng suddenly became excited as if he had been given a shot of blood. He quickly took out his tablet computer, marked the coordinates here, and then took out his camera to take pictures of the surrounding environment.
Ning Xiaofan, Fatty and others couldn't help but frowned when they saw Wang Zhipeng's performance. Looking at him, he seemed to know nothing about the situation of the spirit stone. It seemed that the management from the headquarters was a marginal role and could enter the sky.
The trap is probably only related to the Jiangnan University expedition team, and its role is nothing more than collaboration with the scientific expedition team...
This place that looks like a river beach extends to who knows where? However, according to the route signs on the tablets, everyone only needs to follow this river beach and they will not deviate from the general direction.
There are many rocks on the river beach, and there are also shrubs and plants dotted among them, but it is not difficult to walk. Along the way, Professor Zhao and others did not leave the group much, and the journey was much faster.
Walking down the road without realizing it, two hours had passed. Ning Xiaofan saw that Professor Zhao and others seemed to be running out of energy, and was about to take a short rest. Suddenly, the exclamations of Hou San and Chen Biao came from the headset.
In the depths of this rather mysterious sinkhole, at the slightest movement, Hou San and Chen Biao, who were exploring the way ahead, exclaimed. Everyone was startled and stopped in their tracks with nervous expressions.
Ning Xiaofan quickly called: "Hou San, what happened ahead, please answer quickly."
"Found...the next skeleton"
"Skeleton? Is it human or animal?"
"It's not human...Brother Xiaofan, this skeleton is too strange..."
Weird? Nothing happening in this ghost place is weird. Ning Xiaofan frowned slightly, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said: "I told Hou San, if you find any situation in the future, let's see it clearly before talking about it. Don't make it worse."
It was a shock.”
"I don't want to either. Brother Xiaofan, you'd better come and take a look. I can't tell you clearly here. By the way, you'd better bring Professor Zhao here. He is a biological expert and should be able to tell something.
Come……"
Do you want to bring Professor Zhao with you? After hearing this, Ning Xiaofan felt a little puzzled, but still motioned to Lao Wang, Xiao Shanzi, Li Wanting, Wang Zhipeng and others to stay on standby, then greeted Professor Zhao, Fatty and Zhang Chun, and walked forward.
Ning Xiaofan originally kept Li Wanting, but Li Wanting seemed unwilling to leave his side and followed him. Ning Xiaofan didn't say much about her performance. Since Hou San could still communicate through the headset, it was obviously nothing.
It's dangerous. If she wants to follow, just follow.
This river beach is not straight, and there are occasional curves. At this time, Hou San and others were just behind the curve, bypassing a protruding rock wall. Ning Xiaofan saw Hou San and Chen Biao at a glance.
However, his eyes quickly opened wide. Where Hou San and Chen Biao were standing, a huge skeleton came into view.
This skeleton is brown in color. Not only does it have thick bones and a weird shape, it is also incredibly large. It is at least twice as big as the giant mutated lizard we once encountered.
