In Professor Zhao's low and depressed words, everyone's guesses were confirmed. While Ning Xiaofan and others were attacked by fish schools, Professor Zhao and others were also attacked by fish schools.
At that time, there were two rubber boats, one in front and one in the back. The rubber boat in front could hardly reach the shore, not to mention Professor Zhao and others who were lagging behind.
The rubber boat sank, and Professor Zhao and others all fell into the water. However, the slight difference in the time of falling into the water caused the death of the two armed men who fell into the water first, while Professor Zhao and others who fell into the water later escaped.
If Ning Xiaofan hadn't thrown the concussive bomb in time, Professor Zhao and others would definitely not have escaped the fate of being buried in the belly of the fish. Even so, Professor Zhao and others were in tatters, and through the tattered clothes, there were streaks of blood
The mushy wounds are heart-wrenching.
After listening to Professor Zhao's narration, everyone couldn't help but feel sad and cast a shadow. Counting the young assistant who was killed by a group of little monsters not long ago, three lives had been lost in just two days.
The future is uncertain. I don’t know what dangers I will encounter. I don’t know if I can survive the rest of the journey.
On the river, there were fish floating with white bellies. Many fish were pushed to the shore by the waves caused by the explosion, and they could be picked up by leaning over. However, no one started to pick them up. Even the fat man seemed to have forgotten to pick them up.
Fish is used to make fish soup.
After being attacked by a school of fish, everyone was not only physically and mentally exhausted, but also more or less injured. Therefore, they rested near the shore, treated their injuries, and dried their clothes soaked by the river water.
Li Wanting had been under the protection of Ning Xiaofan and was not injured at all. However, Ning Xiaofan was in a much more embarrassed state. His coat was damaged in many places, and there were wounds from fish bites on his exposed hands and face.
Of course, efforts are rewarded. His wounds were treated by Li Wanting, and the soaked clothes were baked by her. Not only did he save worry, but he also enjoyed it...
After a short rest, everyone packed up and continued their journey.
The terrain in the area ahead is slightly weird, but the scenery is beautiful, with lush plants, chirping birds and fragrant flowers. Through the lush jungle, you can still see the huge rock masses towering in various shapes and forms.
However, although the scenery was beautiful, due to the loss of two team members, everyone was in a bad mood, had no intention of enjoying it, and had no intention of talking. They all hurried on without saying a word, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.
What's more, this jungle gives people a sense of vitality, and God knows what dangerous creatures are hiding in it. So every time a brightly colored bird flies by, or a little bird with shaggy fur is flying,
The sudden appearance of an animal can make everyone break into a cold sweat.
Soon, everyone came to a rock mass standing in the jungle.
This rock mass is about ten meters high and has a strange shape. From a distance, it looks like an entrenched tiger. When you get closer, the visual effect is limited, and all you see is a huge dark red rock mass.
This rock mass aroused the interest of the address expert surnamed Liu. He immediately took out his tools and excitedly walked under the rock mass to study it.
Ning Xiaofan has spent the past two days getting along with Professor Zhao and others, and has gained a better understanding of their personalities. Experts like this who have a professional spirit in academics will not forget their own duties because of danger. This kind of professional attitude
, and also made him admire him deeply.
Research takes time, so Ning Xiaofan no longer abandons it as he did at first, but arranges for manpower to be on guard while the remaining people rest on the spot.
Perhaps it was because Ning Xiaofan's attitude towards experts had changed. Professor Zhao, who seemed to be relatively old-fashioned, did not carry out his academic research. Instead, he leaned next to Ning Xiaofan and exclaimed: "This is such a good place.
Ah, if there are conditions, I would really like to stay here all my life."
Ning Xiaofan smiled slightly: "Professor Zhao, this is an uninhabited underground place, can you stay here?
"Why can't you stay? Every plant, every creature here, even an ordinary stone, if taken outside, will definitely be a great discovery that can shock the world. This place is like an endless treasure house, worthy of my stay
I will study here for a lifetime..."
Professor Zhao sighed, turned to look at Ning Xiaofan, and said: "Young man, I also know a little bit about the purpose of your coming here. If Professor Wu gets the rock samples and tests the results later, maybe
It can also bring you surprises.”
Ning Xiaofan was slightly startled: "Surprise? What does his research result have to do with me?"
Professor Zhao smiled but did not respond.
While Ning Xiaofan was wondering, there was movement on Professor Wu's side. He turned around and shouted to Professor Zhao with an excited expression: "Mr. Zhao, you are right, this is really a lost world, a great discovery, a great discovery."
Found it...
"Listen, there are results, and you might be in for a surprise." Professor Zhao chuckled, said a few words, and walked towards Professor Wu.
Ning Xiaofan was a little confused, and glanced at Li Wanting next to him inexplicably, but Li Wanting had a trace of confusion in her eyes, and she didn't seem to understand what Professor Zhao meant by what he said?
Shaking his head, Ning Xiaofan and Li Wanting followed in confusion.
When they came under the rock mass, they saw Professor Wu holding a small rock knocked from the rock mass in his hand and looking at the rock over and over with a magnifying glass.
"How is it? Is my guess correct?" Professor Zhao asked with a smile.
"Yes, that's right..." Professor Wu said with excitement on his face: "Look, the rock in my hand has uniform and fine particles, contains coccolithophores, and calcium nanofossils, and has biogenic marine sedimentary characteristics.
Regardless of the color and density, it is very similar to the calcite characteristics I obtained before. No, my rock mass is made of stacked calcite."
"Really calcite? What do you mean..." Professor Zhao did not finish his words, but his eyes showed a hint of hope.
Professor Wu's eyes shone brightly and he said: "I can responsibly say that the area we are in should be a fault zone about 300 to 500 million years ago. According to this time, it is the Cretaceous period."
"Cretaceous? Really Cretaceous?" Professor Zhao became excited after hearing this.
Professor Wu said excitedly: "Professor Zhao, that's right. The rock marks of the Cretaceous period are very obvious and clear. I will never be mistaken. As Professor Zhao said, the Cretaceous period was when dinosaurs were most active and species were the most active.
The rich period also said that Compsognathus lived in this period. Haha, you also said that this is equivalent to a lost world. Now you can be sure that this is a lost world. The lost Cretaceous is really in this underground world.
Isn’t the real existence consistent with your inference..."
"It's true, it's true. In this sinkhole, we can actually get into the Cretaceous. It's incredible, it's incredible..." Professor Zhao became excited after hearing Professor Wu's words.
Even his voice was trembling.
After finally calming down, Professor Zhao turned to Ning Xiaofan and said, "Young man, the ore you are looking for should not be far away."
"Not far away? Professor Zhao, what do you mean by this?" Ning Xiaofan's heart moved and he couldn't help but be polite to Professor Zhao and use honorifics.
"Haha, it's very simple. Professor Feng from our school went down to this tiankeng to investigate and found a piece of ore. This piece of ore was later handed over to your Xin'ao Group. I don't know how much that piece of ore means to your Xin'ao Group.
Important? However, I later learned that Xinao Group continued to invest in this sinkhole, and its purpose was to find more similar ores..."
Professor Feng? Ning Xiaofan was slightly startled. He was not talking about the man in Tang suit, was he? With something in mind, Ning Xiaofan couldn't help but glance at Li Wanting.
Coincidentally, Li Wanting was also looking at him at this time, and their eyes met. Li Wanting seemed to know that Ning Xiaofan was asking her questions with her eyes, and she nodded to him with sparkling eyes.
He was really a man in Tang suit. Ning Xiaofan got the answer from Li Wanting's expression. For no reason, he felt a little uncomfortable.
I only heard Professor Zhao continue: "After Professor Feng returned to Jiangnan, I talked with him in private and asked about the ore. Professor Feng said that he signed a confidentiality agreement, so he did not tell me the details, only revealing your new
The ore that Australia is looking for belongs to the ore that existed in ancient times. If divided according to age, it should be before the Cretaceous..."
When Professor Zhao said this, he paused slightly and said: "Before the Cretaceous Period, there was the Jurassic Period and the Triassic Period, and the ore discovered by Professor Feng also found fossils from the Triassic Period. So, you guys
The ore we are looking for is roughly in the Triassic Period. There was a dinosaur extinction event in the Triassic Period. Academically, it is proposed that that period was the beginning of the Triassic Period.
As for the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs, although there is no correct explanation so far, most paleontological experts have made the inference that meteorites hit the earth, so... I think, the ore you are looking for should be related to meteorites..."
Maybe Professor Zhao was too professional. Ning Xiaofan was still confused when he heard this, but when he heard him talking about meteorites, his heart skipped a beat. It seems that the IQ of these experts should not be underestimated. It’s just that
After analyzing it, they were almost inseparable. I couldn't help but said: "Professor Zhao, I just heard Professor Wu say that the place we are in is the Cretaceous. What does it have to do with the Triassic where the ore was discovered?"
Professor Zhao chuckled: "It's very important. Have you noticed that we have been going down since we entered this sinkhole?"
Have you always been going down? Ning Xiaofan thought about it for a moment and realized that it was just as Professor Zhao said. From the day he entered the tiankeng, he seemed to have been going downhill. As he went deeper, he went vertically down many times.
Going deeper underground, take the luminous forest as an example, it was just straight down from a cave, and the drop seemed to be quite long.
While thinking, Ning Xiaofan touched his nose and replied: "It seems like this..."
