The vertical distance between the underground world and the ground is only less than half a mile, the two little guys almost keep climbing upwards, the holes drilled by the metal probe are very smooth and smooth, but for the two climbing masters with sharp claws hanging out, it is a piece of cake, after the stimulation and refining of the Gollum Magic, they climb faster than Spider-Man, and jump out of the ground in a few minutes, the long-term dark underground life, stimulated by the sudden contact with the light, fortunately, the little guys' eyes can withstand the toss, and they shake, Half-squinted and staggered to his feet.

On the opposite side, a young man with glasses under a wine bottle stared at the scene in front of him dumbfounded, motionless, and waited for the cat and mouse to guess that it was wrong and immediately slipped away, the young man with an obvious nerdy temperament reacted and shouted loudly: "Come on, everyone, cat, mouse, cat, mouse." He kept shouting cats and mice, but he couldn't say why others were looking.

The crowd next to him laughed a little farther away, and one of them, a college boy who looked quite clever and wore a T-shirt and a denim, smiled at the nerdy young man and asked, "Zhu Cheng, what cats and mice are here, and some of them have already died, have you found their corpses?" Even if you find out, are you afraid of this? He walked over as he spoke, patting the nerd on the shoulder.

Zhu Cheng realized that he hadn't made it clear at this time, he shook his fingers, his heart was in a hurry, he didn't have time to elaborate, pointed to the direction where the cat and mouse fled, and said hurriedly: "Where they escaped, they are alive, and they crawled out of this probe hole." ”

"What? How can it be? The college boy's face was full of surprise.

Zhu Cheng's face was full of excitement and anxiety: "Fang Yuan, how could I lie to you, when did I lie to you." ”

"Let's go to Professor He right away and tell him this, I'll tell you, although I believe you, you can't just joke around, this thing is too unbelievable, it's impossible." Fang Yuan groaned and said with a serious face.

"I can't think of such a joke, to be honest, I can't believe my eyes, but I did see it, a little civet cat, a mouse, both of them are so thin that they are almost dehydrated." Zhu Cheng is still stunned.

The two of them came to a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, who looked elegant and sturdy, and Zhu Cheng recounted what he had just seen in detail. Professor He, who was originally calm, was also full of surprise, he believed that Zhu Cheng, this kid would not lie, this was a graduate student brought by himself, he was very studying, and he had the temperament of a scholar, but he was more reluctant in life, and at this moment, he was so anxious that he knew that things could not be faked.

The three of them hurriedly ran to the side of the drilling machine, after drilling and collecting samples, they had not had time to remove the drilling equipment, they left Zhu Cheng to let him move the equipment, and the others took the soil to test the soil quality, and the soil inspection had not yet started to hear what was happening in front of them.

By now, the cat and the mouse have long run away without a trace, the three of them came to probe the edge of the hole, carefully observed, Professor He used a flashlight to shine into the hole, and found that there were obviously two animal paw prints on the inner wall of the wet hole, and the careful Zhu Cheng also found a few cat hair taken off by the hole, and the college student also found that there were almost shallow animal paw prints on the wet ground somewhere, he was not a zoologist, but imagine the size of the claw, this should be a mouse.

The three of them looked at each other, and various possibilities flashed through their minds, each of which had one thing in common, that is, there must be a space underground, and life could survive in it.

A few days ago, after the Phoenix Mountain earthquake, there was a sinkhole incident not far from the epicenter, fortunately there were no people in the vicinity at that time, did not cause any casualties, and it was also thanks to the recent people who did not dare to enter the Phoenix Mountain, otherwise such a large-scale sinkhole incident, there would not be this zero casualty result, but the panic caused by this incident can be imagined, before this, the local earthquake bureau has determined that the main shock and aftershocks of the earthquake have all passed, Phoenix Mountain is currently a safe area, and the result is only a day. In this case, the Earthquake Bureau was unable to deal with it, so it had to send researchers from the Earthquake Bureau to conduct a field trip, accompanied by a team of students led by a professor from Kyoto University of Geosciences, who drilled several places within the sinkhole. Unexpectedly, a cat and a mouse were unexpectedly rescued at this time.

This matter is not a trivial matter, it is certain that there is no record of a house on the surface within the sinkhole, and the three of them discussed this strange thing all the way to the inspection room.

"Could it be that some Flying Thieves have set up a place to hide treasure underground?" Fang Yuan shouted directly, he was young and lively, he had seen a lot of the Crossing Bureau and the Pirate Bureau recently, and his brain was wide open.

"What nonsense?" Professor He rolled his eyes rarely, but he didn't object, the discovery in front of him made him feel very interesting, it was rare to be able to detect a possible underground space in the experience of detecting various minerals, and he could also rescue small lives such as cats and mice, which made his profession more unexpected and interesting. He made a straight face and said solemnly: "Why don't you say that it may be an underground lava cave, or it may be a biological and chemical weapons research base left by the devils of the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

Zhu Cheng couldn't help laughing, the old-fashioned and serious Professor He also joked and undoubtedly made him feel very happy, today was the first time he found the clue, and he, a young man who was too talkative, also became more talkative: "Professor He, Fang Yuan, you guess and guess, why didn't you think that it might be the mausoleum of the emperor in ancient times, or it could be the base established by astronauts on the earth?" ”

"Yo, Zhu Cheng, yes, it's rare for you to make a joke, maybe the result is what you guessed, let's go and see the test results." It was rare to see Zhu Cheng make a joke, and Fang Yuan looked at him with a strange expression.

The three of them talked and laughed and walked into the laboratory, after a period of time, they walked out, with a contemplative and solemn look on their faces, and the soil quality did not find anything special, that is, the soil at a depth of 500 meters underground in the ordinary shallow covered area, completely petrified, there are no special minerals, and there is no chemical pollution, which excludes the possibility of a lava cave, if this is not an underground space formed by nature, then, its content and value are worth considering. This is not a trivial matter, it is necessary to submit a report to the superior for review, I believe that they will soon send someone over to dig deeper, hoping that the superior can let them participate in the whole process for the sake of their own merits, and they very much hope that they and others can lift the veil of mystery with their own hands.

Professor He quickly submitted a detailed report to the local earthquake bureau and the Kyoto University of Geosciences where he worked, and put forward various possibilities that he had guessed, suggested that his superiors immediately arrange for a deep excavation of the matter, and applied for himself and others to follow up the research and progress of the incident throughout the process.

This matter was quickly replied by the school and the local earthquake bureau, and the school sent Professor Ma and two graduate students majoring in geology from the School of Earth Sciences, plus the three of them belonged to the exploration technology and engineering major of the School of Engineering, and the two teams were combined into one team. The school sent him in the hope that he could cooperate sincerely with Professor He, and when he encountered any unexpected circumstances, he could work around to strive for more benefits for the school, after all, Professor He is a serious and old-fashioned person, and he is enthusiastic about academics, and his communication in social and government affairs is indeed his shortcoming.

The appearance of the local earthquake bureau was also quite grand, with Director Wang personally leading the team as the team leader, Deputy Director Chen as the deputy team leader, and more than ten main persons in charge of the Emergency Rescue Department and the Earthquake Damage Prevention Section and running errands.

The next day, the two sides gathered together, met with each other, and held a meeting to discuss the entire next itinerary plan and the arrangement and follow-up of the part they are responsible for.