As soon as Fang Linyan spoke, the vulture immediately tied the safety rope and took the lead in climbing down into the deep ditch.
There are indeed many weathered rocks on the edge of the ditch wall here. Some of them seem to be solid, but they cannot bear the weight at all. Once stepped on, they will roll down.
However, the Vulture now has both agility and perception, which can be said to be far superior to ordinary people. Even the world champion in Olympic-related events was easily defeated by him, so it can be said that he reached the bottom without any surprises.
As soon as the vulture moved, Maher immediately followed. It can be seen that he really has two brushes in rock climbing and his skills are very good.
And his behavior of "Follow me" instead of "Fuck me" also made these unruly guys follow him honestly.
After arriving at the bottom of the rift valley, the place down there is indeed a bit hopeless, with only dust after removing the stones.
However, Maher told Fang Linyan that based on his previous experience, he could pay more attention to the marks on the rock wall next to him.
He had previously received an expedition report on this planet. The explorer said that near the water source on this planet, there would be cracks like bark on the mountain wall next to it.
After exploring the bottom of the deep trench for about a few hundred meters, the people around me started to complain a little bit - of course, they were still just in the stage of blaming.
However, Maher soon seemed to have discovered something. He took out an instrument the size of a lighter, inserted it directly into the ground, then pressed the button and said to the person next to him:
"Thirty seconds countdown, prepare for a blast."
Morris, the team member next to him, immediately said:
"YES SIR!"
Then he took out a high-explosive grenade from his waist, stuffed it under the stone next to him, and then began to wait for Maher's countdown to pull the ring.
Soon, the grenade exploded directly, and the shock waves generated by the explosion were transmitted to the surroundings along the rocks and soil. The instrument Maher took out could accurately record the feedback of the shock waves, and then accurately measure the nearby
Geological structures are mapped.
Soon, the instrument began to buzz, and then the indicator light above began to flash.
"It's out, it's out!" a person next to him said nervously.
As the data collected by the instrument are imported into the portable optical brain, the powerful computing program begins to play its role. A nearby topographic map immediately appears on the screen of the optical brain. The solid lines represent rocks and the dotted lines represent possible cavities.
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Then a group of people immediately looked at the left side of the rock wall thirty meters away, with anticipation in their eyes, because from a geological point of view, this place is actually a terrain similar to a funnel.
There is an obvious cavity and depression on the lower left side of the rock wall. Everyone present has rich experience in wild survival, so they knew immediately that there should be a high possibility of water source here.
Since something was lost at this time, it was easy to find it. Soon Maher discovered a well-hidden mountain crack nearby.
This crack was originally blocked by a few stones and was not visible from the outside. However, after it was moved away, it was discovered that an obvious path appeared below the crack.
After discovering this, the group of people became even more excited, because this is a very basic reasoning--if there is no water source below, how could animals trample on a path?
After entering the crack, I realized that the first few meters were very narrow, but the passage behind it became wider and wider.
Moreover, the passage spirals downward. As you go down, you can clearly feel the temperature drop. There is a wave of moisture on your face, and a faint smell of rot begins to come from your nose.
After walking down for more than 20 meters, the headlamp Tucker was wearing shone on the reflected light below. He immediately stopped, then directly pointed the muzzle of the gun into the sky, replaced it with a flare and fired a shot above.
Immediately, the underground space was illuminated by rising flares. It could be clearly seen that a dozen meters below the group of people, there was a small pond with a diameter of thirty or forty square meters. It could be seen from the geological structure. If there is precipitation, then the accumulated water within several kilometers will eventually gather here.
The pond is only about ten square meters, and the water inside is so clear that you can even see the gravel underneath---of course this is impossible!
In fact, the surface of this pond is covered with a layer of strange fish-eye duckweed, which is almost withering yellow-green in color and even gives people a feeling of despair.
On the surface of the fish-eye duckweed, there is even a layer of black mosquito and fly-like insects hovering. As soon as a person approaches, they fly up and pounce directly on the face with great hunger, like a black cloud. .
Fortunately, this adventure was supported by the banknotes of a big benefactor, and the adventure team was fully equipped. They took out the insecticide and sprayed it directly, causing a large area to fall on the ground.
These dead insect corpses quickly attracted several gecko-like creatures, more than thirty centimeters in length, but with black barbs on their tails like scorpions, which is very difficult to mess with. They completely ignore the existence of humans. He immediately started to look at the insect corpse and gulped it down.
After getting closer to the pond, the putrid smell became stronger. The vultures in front of them discovered several snake-like creatures swimming meanderingly by the pond, and one of them even coiled and made a hissing sound.
In view of the fact that they might have the ability to spray poison, Tucker next to him decisively took out the tactical dagger from his waist and greeted them one by one. Finally, Tucker collected the corpses of these snake creatures and said that they would be roasted at night. Eat, it's obvious that this guy's taste is a bit heavy.
In addition, there are some strange bat-like creatures hanging on the wall of the cave nearby. The area of their spread wings is at least the size of a washbasin. After seeing humans entering, they are also ready to move and make threatening noises. "Hissing" terrible sound.
But the people behind had obviously been on guard against their unusual movements. After two were killed by a hail of bullets, the remaining ones gave in and flew away with flapping wings. Fang Linyan turned over the corpses and could see that they had They have sharp mouthparts like mosquitoes/cicadas, and their claws are also very sharp.
After successfully approaching the water source, everyone still remained vigilant. One team member found something and scratched the water surface to remove the fish-eye duckweed on the surface.
Immediately, I discovered that there were many rotting carcasses of small animals soaked in this water source, including lizards and skunks. Most of these guys came to drink water and were killed by the predators that were entrenched here.
If Fang Linyan guessed correctly, the murderers are those bats with spider mouthparts. They can inject venom into their prey to paralyze it to death, and then soak it in water to accelerate its decay. Then they can use their mouth to kill it. The instrument penetrates into the carrion and sucks out the fermented juice and spoiled blood.
For scavengers, their digestive systems have become accustomed to decomposed corpses, and fresh flesh and blood will cause them indigestion. This is their processing kitchen.
Tucker seemed very active and cooperative at this time, obviously because Maher really found the water at this time. Once he complained to De Yaco, he would be unable to eat and walk around, so he made up for it at this time.
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So he leaned down first and started taking water samples with a bucket. Well, the water looked not much different from the water in the Yellow River.
The water of the Yellow River is half a bowl of water and half a bowl of sand. The water source here is half a bowl of larvae, parasites, humus, fish-eye duckweed, and mysterious floc...
Fang Linyan looked at this thing and felt that he would never drink it in his belly unless he had to.
But at this time, Tucker immediately started to take off his shoes and socks, then he washed the socks hastily, wetted them, soaked one end in the water source of the small bucket, and the other end went around the edge of the bucket, forming a "several"
The word shape is placed on it.
Soon, according to the siphon effect, drops of water fell out from the hanging end of the sock, and the water beads became very clear. However, Fang Linyan was still not interested at all, not just because he couldn't believe it.
A crude filtering method, especially because those were socks that Tucker had been wearing for three days!
Because he only needed to test the water quality, he only drank about a cup of water and then stopped. Then after Tucker added a little special purifier into it, he began to use the instrument to detect the relevant indexes, and soon cheered.
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"OK, the color is <5, the turbidity is <3, no harmful substances were detected, and it has reached the Class III standard, qualified!"
Then Tucker did something that surprised Fang Linyan. He picked up the glass of water and drank it, and then said to Morris who was recording next to him: