The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

Volcanic eruptions are rare and are usually bright red clouds of smoke, ash reaching high into the air, or lava leaching from the crater and flowing down the slopes of the mountain. However www.biquge.info when some volcanoes erupt, they erupt horizontally, like a mountain of flames, and some volcanoes, constantly spewing water vapor and other gases to fill the valley, becoming a rare valley of ten thousand smokes.

Volcanic eruptions are rare and are usually bright red clouds of smoke, ash reaching high into the air, or lava leaching from the crater and flowing down the slopes of the mountain. However, when some volcanoes erupt, they erupt horizontally, like a flaming mountain; Some volcanoes, constantly spewing water vapor and other gases fill the valley, becoming a rare valley of ten thousand smoke. In May 1920, on the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique, Mount Pere erupted again after 50 years of sleep, and a large amount of gas and ash rushed out violently, turning into a puff of ash at a temperature of 700 degrees Celsius. Strangely, this puff of black smoke is advancing horizontally. Eight kilometers from the volcano, there is a city of Saint-Pierre, which is blocking the way, and the fierce black smoke of the heat instantly burns it to rubble. Houses, trees and other buildings were destroyed, 28,000 people were burned to death, and boats along the harbor were reduced to nothing. Only one prisoner in the dungeon escaped, and only one ship remained intact. However, the crater of Mount Pere reveals a sharp and massive rock with a diameter of more than 100 meters and a height of 375 meters, like a natural monument. And the surrounding seabed has sunk because of this.

Why does Mount Peire uniquely erupt horizontally? Originally, the neck passage of Mount Peire was horizontal, and its lava viscosity was very large, and due to the continuous activity and accumulation of magma in the earth's crust, the pressure continued to increase, and the crater was broken through, forming a large eruption in the horizontal direction. When a large amount of gas and volcanic ash is spewed out, the underground pressure gradually weakens, and the viscous magma quickly blocks the passage, and the underground lava is sealed. In 1916, a scientific expedition came to Alaska's Katmai Volcano and found that the volcano, which had stopped erupting for many years, was still smoky, steaming, devoid of vegetation, and many cracks were still smoking, even cooking food in a pot.

More than 10 kilometers northwest of Katmai Volcano, there is a valley 10 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide, which is covered with thick volcanic ash and has all the plants died. This 145-square-kilometre ash field is home to thousands of fumaroles, a large amount of hot air spewing out of the ground, some forming columns, some only 300 meters high, forming huge clouds of steam over the valley. Many air columns, under the sunlight, reflect a colorful rainbow, magnificent and majestic, people call it "the valley of ten thousand smokes". Why is Katmai Volcano such a spectacle? Scientists believe that in the massive eruption of Katmai Volcano on June 6, 1912, the volcanic ash ejected from it rushed into the atmosphere, about 18 billion cubic meters, and under the impetus of high-pressure air currents, it quickly pushed down the valley, washing all the trees along the way, and the hot volcanic ash buried all the trees, and quickly charred, and the entire valley was covered with a layer of volcanic ash up to 200 meters thick. At the same time, numerous columns of air erupted from the ground, particularly dense in the upper part of the valley, where a long row of fumaroles stretched for more than 1,000 meters.

This eruption flattened the top of the mountain, and the crater blew into a deep crater, and the water became a lake. After the explosion, many narrow cracks were produced, the volcanic ash could not be covered, and streams of gas, mainly water vapor, continued to emerge from the ground, condensed into large patches of rain and fog in the air, filling the valley, and the water vapor emitted from Wanyan Valley was about 2 million kilograms per second. People also call it "the Valley of 100,000 Smoke Pillars". The Valley of All Smoke has now been developed into a national park in the United States, second only to Yellowstone in scale. Today, there are fewer fumaroles in Wanyan Valley, plants are beginning to recover, and animals are also infested here. ---introduction

"Ah......h

Amethyst couldn't help but hold her breath.

On the other side of the sea of clouds, a huge hazy black shadow appeared floating in the sky.

The trunk of the tree, which was as thick as a pillar of heaven, stretched out in all directions as if it had formed another celestial body.

"That's it...... World Tree......"

The wind beside him muttered in awe.

From this spot just over the mountains, the trees that are nearly twenty kilometers away after the real distance have taken over a corner of the sky and have shown an overwhelming presence.

It is impossible to imagine what it will be like to stand at the base of it.

The two of them looked at the World Tree wordlessly for a while, and then the wind came back to his senses and said:

"Ah, we can't waste any more time here. Amethyst, I heard that there is a meeting of lords here, so which location is probably in the upper place? ”

"Ah, yes. Well, although the whole Central World is surrounded by the Ring Mountains we just crossed, there are actually three large gaps in the Ring Mountains. One is the 'Dragon Valley' for the Fire Elf territory, the other is the 'Rainbow Valley' for the Water Elf territory, and then there is the 'Butterfly Valley' that connects the Cat Demon Territory...... I heard that the meeting was held at the inner exit of the Valley of Butterflies......"

After Amethyst looked around, she pointed to the northwest and said:

"I think I should fly in that direction for a while."

"Understood. How much time is left? ”

"Twenty minutes—"

"If the Black Hand group were going to attack the talks, the fire elves would probably move from here to there......"

The wind's finger points from east to northwest.

"I don't know if they're already ahead of us. In short, it is necessary to step up. Gluttony, notify me if there are many people in the search area. ”

"Good!"

After the gluttony nodded, the wind and amethyst flapped their wings and sped up.

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"Anyway, why didn't you see any monsters?"

The wind asked as it flew through the clouds.

"Ah, that's because there are no training ground-type monsters or demonic beasts in this Yingyanquan Mountain Range. I think that's why I chose this side of the meeting. ”

"I see, it's really disappointing when a monster suddenly pops up when talking about something important...... However, it would be nice if there were monsters popping up now. ”

"Why do you say that?"

Wind smiled mischievously.

"I wanted to drag a bunch of monsters and let them run into the fire elves group's army like I did just now...... and even uproot the root of the mafia......"

“…… It's a shame that you came up with such an idea. This time there are more fire spirits than they attacked us last time, so if we have time to send a warning signal, all of them will flee into the territory of the cat demon, and if we don't have time, all of them will die together, and that's all. ”

“……”

The wind touched his chin with a contemplative expression, and at this moment-

"Ah, there's a reaction!"

The gluttony suddenly screamed.

"There's a big group ahead—sixty-eight people, and I think this should be the Fire Elves' assault force. Then there were fourteen people in the distance, presumably the meeting attendees of the Wind Elves and the Cat Demons. There are only fifty seconds left before the two sides make contact. ”

As soon as the two gluttons finished speaking, a large cloud that obscured their vision immediately separated.

Amethyst, which had risen to the limit, could see a vast green plateau unfolding in front of her eyes. (It's such an amazing thing, who would have thought that there would be such a beautiful green plateau in the Yingyanquan Mountains.) ）

At this time, countless low-flying black shadows appeared in the corners of the plateau.

They formed a wedge-shaped formation in groups of five, and from the way they flew in a dense manner, they looked like a group of fighters silently approaching their targets.

Then look at the front of the group.

You can see that there is a small circular terrace there.

The long white strip that was swinging horizontally must have been a long table.

There are seven chairs on the left and right sides, which seems to be the proposed configuration of the meeting room.

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