Chapter 217: Underground River
Jiang Xishan was leading people to search and explore the lower reaches of the mountain stream, but unexpectedly received a call from his granddaughter, saying that a crack in the mountain suspected of being entered by a water monster was found in the upstream, which made him and the members below extremely shocked.
"So many of us searched for a day and didn't find it, and they only found it after a while? Is it possible! The task cannot be terminated, otherwise the location just found will have to be searched again, and the fish will run around. "The local experts were very angry and felt that Li Jing, a young man, was sabotaging the progress www.biquge.info of the mission.
Of course, Jiang Xishan also knew that the current work could not be terminated, but Li Jing's side couldn't ignore it, and after thinking about it, he said, "I'll go back, and you will continue to search according to the previous arrangement." ”
"What nonsense." Some people muttered quietly, they didn't believe that Li Jing could find the water monster so easily.
Director Ouyang was in charge of the safety of these experts on the side, and as soon as he heard that he was going to return to the place where he received the mountain spring water, he took the initiative to ask Ying to drive the park's sightseeing car to send Jiang Xishan to the location, and the place where the mountain crack was found was on the side of the mountain road.
"There shouldn't be any water monsters in this place, right?" Director Ouyang stopped and looked at it, and immediately questioned, he thought that the hiding place of the water monster should be a place with few people, and the entire investigation team was mainly looking for remote places.
"Grandpa, come down, here it is." Jiang Yuanxin shouted loudly under the stream.
"Okay, okay, I'll see." Although Jiang Xishan responded like this, he was already disappointed in his heart, and he remembered that he had looked for this place yesterday. But seeing his granddaughter's excitement, he didn't pour cold water, but when he went down to take a look, he was still disappointed and said: "I found this place yesterday, and it seems to be blocked after trying it, and the water in it is so shallow, it doesn't look like a place where big animals can survive." ”
"Academician Jiang, I tried it just now, there is a big hole in it, but it was not found in the downward direction, you can try it yourself. Also, the moss on both sides of the crack has obvious traces of squeezing, not like it was caused by yesterday's search. Li Jing explained.
"Oh?" Jiang Xishan was very surprised when he heard this, and followed Li Jing's instructions to use the withered branch to probe, and sure enough, it was so!
Then he continued to observe the moss around the crack, and used a strong flashlight to shine inside, and suddenly made a bigger discovery, and said in shock: "There are indeed traces of animals entering and leaving!" And judging from the width of the crack, it is true that such a large animal can enter and exit! Bring the RC robot over from below now! ”
Jiang Xishan couldn't confirm the existence of a water monster in this crack now, so he only planned to mobilize the monitoring robot to understand the inside, but the movement here still surprised the people below, leaving only a few guards, and the rest rushed up at once.
"It's really undeserved to omit this place yesterday, but judging from the traces above, there are no animals that come and go often, so it's hard to know who picked up the traces. In addition, judging from the geology of this mountain, it does not look like a place with an underground river, so how can a water monster live in it? And what does it eat? Local experts identified several suspicious points.
Although the moss inside has traces of being squeezed, if there are animals that often come in and out, this entrance and exit should be very smooth, but it looks like the marks on it are only formed after passing by once or twice.
"This mountain does not look like there is an underground river, but other possibilities are not ruled out, and it is not necessary that there is a cave in it, or it is an underground river!" Geologists from the Nanyue Academy of Sciences also expressed their opinions.
"Anyway, since it's possible, we're going to check if the robot is ready?" Jiang Xishan was noncommittal about these comments, nature is a very wonderful thing, and without actual investigation, any experience or even knowledge may be misjudged.
"Academician Jiang, it's going to be right away."
The young man from the Nanyue Academy of Sciences responded, quickly set up the equipment properly, and then put the underwater robot into the crack, carefully controlling it to let it in, and the rest of the people were already surrounded by the small screen.
This is not an ordinary cave, and there is a mountain crack, so the remote control robot walks very hard, and it can only move forward for a distance after bumps, but fortunately it is not stuck, and the whole is quite smooth.
"The space inside is getting bigger and bigger, and it's hard to know if the water monster is really inside."
Those local experts didn't think so, but seeing that the robot has not reached the end for so long, their hearts are becoming more and more bottomless, and there is really nothing in it, right? They have mixed feelings in their hearts.
The robot traveled two meters with difficulty, and the scene in the camera suddenly opened up, in front of the high-definition camera was a cave with a lot of space, and there was a large pool of water in the middle. From a robot's point of view, the waterhole feels bottomless. The picture stunned everyone in front of the screen, it was really different!
"Academician Jiang, the puddle in front of you seems to be very deep, and the robot can't go over again, otherwise it may not be able to climb up, or even lose control." The assistant of the remote-controlled robot reported that the price of this small robot is not cheap, and it is still purchased from abroad, and he has to be responsible for the accident.
"Quick! Turn the probe around and see what's inside! Jiang Xishan urged.
"Good!" The assistant immediately turned the robot's camera and turned around.
The cave space is actually not very large, the size of a living room, and there is nothing outstanding, but the deep water in the middle seems to have some secrets, attracting people to want to explore.
"This is an underground river!" Someone sighed.
"No, this is not an ordinary underground river, but an underground river!" A geoscientist from the Nanyue Academy of Sciences excited.
"Does it make a difference?" Many people don't understand it, but it sounds like a meaning anyway.
"Underground rivers are actually underground rivers, and there is no difference in concept. But what we often say about underground rivers refers to those that have been developed into scenic spots, with huge karst caves, and even can be played by boat in them, but in the underground waterways of the mountains; The underground river is full of water, even thousands of meters deep underground! The inside of the dark river is like a human blood vessel with a complex river system, and what is in it is very mysterious to us geological scientists, at least there is not much exploration in this aspect in our country. The geoscientist explained.
He was afraid that everyone would not understand, so he described it vividly: "Now people have conquered the deep sea, and even can go to other celestial bodies, but no one can know what is under the underground river, and the study of the underground river requires huge funds and great risks." If people go down, there is a high chance that they will never get out again. ”
"Could it be that the dark river, like the deep sea, has all kinds of ancient creatures?" Jiang Yuanxin couldn't help but interject and ask.
"This ...... As far as I know, there are very few organisms in the underground river, and most of them are microorganisms. But cave explorers from all over the world have indeed found shrimp and crabs that live hundreds of meters underground, and even transparent fish...... But when it comes to the water monsters we investigated this time, they are just rumors and myths at the moment. If we can prove that this giant creature can live in underground rivers, it will be a very significant scientific discovery. ”
In the end, the geoscientist is already very excited, the more mysterious things, the more the researcher's desire to explore, the underground river is undoubtedly very strange in people's cognition. (To be continued.) )