Chapter 8: The Choice of Life and Death
At the request of the old chief, Fang Xingchen walked to the side of the stone pier again, he stroked the top of the stone pier, the outline that had just been cleaned up, and then said. "This outline was discovered by accident when Professor Sun and I were cleaning the stone pier just now. The material inside the outline looks exactly the same as the white jade on the ground. At first, Professor Sun and I couldn't figure out what this circle of outlines did, but now I think that this circle of outlines should be a seam, just like we usually plug in the power supply, and we need an interface. So, I'm guessing that this outline is the interface to a special energy device, which is not present on site, and only exists in the ruins of these buildings. As long as this special energy device is found, this Five Elements Array can be operated. ”
"Little comrade~ Your assertion is indeed very reasonable, but the ruins of the buildings behind here, I'm afraid no one can set foot in them. Otherwise, we wouldn't have isolated the surroundings with special metal materials. The old chief was quite convinced of Fang Xingchen's statement, but it was not easy to enter the ruins of the building.
"Why can't we set foot in these ruined buildings, there is something difficult to say. Fang Xingchen questioned in front of everyone.
"Fang Xingchen, this is beyond the scope of the confidentiality agreement, I advise you not to ask more~" Seeing Fang Xingchen so profound, Zhang Hong, who was originally suspicious of Fang Xingchen, suddenly persuaded kindly.
"It's okay~ In fact, we have been discovering this ruins for several years, and you have seen these empty and orderly white jade squares, which have only had such a look after a long time of cleaning. In order to clean up this intact stone pillar building, many of the soldiers involved in it have already died. Let you see the wounds on my body, and you will know. As he spoke, the old chief gradually took off his shirt, revealing his horrible skin.
It turned out that the upper body of the old chief had many scales, and the places where the scales grew were bloody, which looked very terrifying.
"Is this a mutation?"
"It's scary~ What's going on?"
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When everyone saw the old chief's skin, they all showed a sense of horror and foreboding.
"Chief, the scales you have on your body have something to do with the ruins here. After Fang Xingchen saw the scales on the old chief's body, he was surprisingly surprised.
"That's right, it's really related to this unknown ruin, the soldiers who have participated in the cleaning of the ruins have been killed and injured countless times in recent years, and I don't think I will live long~ I just hope that before I die, I can figure out the ins and outs of this ruin. Seeing that everyone was a little afraid to face him, the old chief silently put on his shirt as he spoke.
"What?I don't want to die here~I'm going to quit~"
"I'm going to quit too~"
"Oh ~ oh my god ~ this is just terrible, I'll quit too~"
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After listening to the old chief's own account, someone in the crowd shouted, and then everyone was in chaos, completely forgetting their duty on this trip.
"Don't panic, you guys just stay inside this metal wall. This metal wall can completely isolate the unknown damage in the ruins of the building, so please don't be too nervous and afraid. The old chief said unhurriedly and reassuring everyone.
"Why do we believe that this metal wall can block unknown damage~" An archaeologist in his thirties looked a little radical because he was afraid.
"It's ~ it's ~ "
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"I believe it! Because we have measured the environment outside the metal wall and inside the metal wall, and the outside of the metal wall is filled with cosmic ray-like radiation, and the inside of the metal wall is exactly the same as the environment we usually live in. At this time, Ruan Lingyu, as a scientist, bravely stood up, and she must stand up for the cause of science.
"There is such a thing, don't panic~" Kevins, who started to panic, also confirmed Ruan Lingyu's statement.
"What Xiao Ruan said, I can also confirm it!" As an authoritative physical science, Liao Jiangping, in order to stabilize people's hearts, also corroborated Ruan Lingyu.
And several other scientists, after relieving themselves, also confirmed that this was indeed the case. In this way, the people who were originally in a panic slowly accepted this fact and no longer had the idea of quitting. Especially after hearing that there was radiation outside the metal wall, they didn't dare to walk out of this white jade square surrounded by the metal wall at will.
"Determine if it's some kind of radiation, or if it's an unknown injury. And how did you create this metal wall that protects against unknown damage? Fang Xingchen pretended to be puzzled and asked again, because he had already felt a familiar aura on these metal walls.
"This little comrade, have you heard of the black meteorite fall disaster many years ago?" Fang Xingchen's questioning seemed to be expected by the old chief.
"No one knows the history of disasters in recent times, but I think everyone here knows. Could it be that these metal walls have something to do with those black meteorites. Since the other party had already explained, Fang Xingchen went straight to the point.
"That's right, after our experiments, these black meteorites can completely isolate the unknown damage in the ruins, and these metal walls contain black meteorite components. The old chief looked at Fang Xingchen with an appreciative eye, as if he saw the hope of cracking the secret of the ruins.
The old chief's exchange with Fang Xingchen made everyone present reassured that the white jade square surrounded by the metal wall was safe. However, if so, their research ends there. Because the entire White Jade Square has no other research value except for the star pattern pattern on the ground and the five Optimus Giant Pillars.
Further excavation of the ruins requires a deeper study of the ruins of the buildings outside the metal walls. But that would be a dead person, and who would be willing to sacrifice their lives for research.
"So~ The ruins of the building behind this are impossible to set foot in~ But now we have developed a protective suit containing black meteorite ingredients, so we invite you to enter the ruins to participate in the research. Speaking of this, the old chief looked at everyone with a smile on his face, he hoped that someone would take the initiative to invite Ying into the depths of the ruins to confirm Fang Xingchen's assertion just now.
Looking around with the old chief's expectant eyes, everyone basically avoided it, and no one was willing to take such a big risk to enter the ruins of the undiscovered ruins and send them to death. At this time, Fang Xingchen walked out of the crowd, but was stopped by Sun Tianxiang.
"Xingchen~ You still have to think about this matter~ You are still young~ I heard that you have an elderly father to take care of at home. This kind of risky thing, let's let an old man like me participate~" After seeing Fang Xingchen's actions, Sun Tianxiang hurriedly stopped him, like an old father, stopped Fang Xingchen behind him, but he stepped forward.
"Professor Sun, you don't have to stop me~ Didn't the old chief say that there is a protective suit to protect the body, where to talk about the adventure, we can study it in depth together. Sun Tianxiang's dissuasion made Fang Xingchen inexplicably moved, this was the first time he was cared about by someone other than his father. So he won't let someone who cares about him risk it alone.
"Fang Xingchen, I'm willing to go with you. If nothing else, just for your courage~" Zhang Hong, who has always been suspicious of Fang Xingchen, actually supported Fang Xingchen at this moment.
"I'm willing, I hope the chemical protection suit you're talking about can really withstand unknown damage. Dantu walked out of the back of the crowd at some point. Looking at Zhang Hong and Fang Xingchen, he seemed to have made a very important decision.
"What are you here to make a fuss, you're not a professional, what are you doing in there?Hurry up~" Seeing Dantu take the initiative to ask for help, Zhang Hong scolded angrily~
"Brother Zhang, aren't you also a non-professional?Why can't I go in~ Maybe I can still survey the route for everyone?" Dantu said to Zhang Hong with a smile.
"It's good, good~ It's really worthy of being a good brother who was born and died~" Seeing that Dantu was so persistent, Zhang Hong didn't say much, and felt that Dantu might really be able to help in it.
In the face of the unknown danger of death, everyone has more or less stage fright. Eventually, however, many people, driven by curiosity, decided to venture into the depths of the ruins.
Among the scientific research team, Ruan Lingyu was the first to stand up bravely. However, she was also the only one who was denied entry, because Fang Xingchen proposed that she continue to draw the starry sky map on the White Jade Square.
As for the few foreign scientists, only Kevins dared to stand up, and the others decided to stay in White Jade Square to study.