Chapter Eighty-Three: Waiting for Rescue
It didn't take long for the soybean-sized raindrops to fall on the island, and soon a dense curtain of rain quickly formed to sweep the fallen leaves and soil on the ground. Surprisingly, the raindrops that fell on the ball did not dissolve with the silvery liquid, which seemed to be coated with transparent wax to keep the rainwater out, and the droplets fell onto the ball and splashed in all directions, sliding onto the ground.
"It's really raining in time, and my throat is almost smoking." Hugh finished taking out four empty cans from his backpack and placing them on the ground, followed by the heavy rain that fell from the sky. And his teammate Louis couldn't wait to take off his shirt, tilted his head to the sky and opened his mouth to take the long-lost nectar.
A large amount of water from the storm fell to the ground and quickly gathered together, forming a stream of water towards the low-lying area, and the water level in the crater below slowly rose.
"Look at that guy. If it weren't for this rain, I would have forgotten about it. Olivia pointed to the stagnant water in the crater, and saw an earthy yellow furry thing fluttering on the water.
"Oh, it's the squirrel, this species is supposed to swim, there's nothing surprising about it." Hugh stepped forward and glanced at it, ready to turn and leave.
"No, you can take a look." Olivia's voice came from behind her.
Hugh turned his head to look behind him, and at some point, the squirrel was out of the water and suspended in the air again a meter above the water's surface, and it had not yet adapted to the change, thinking that it was still in the water, still fluttering.
"It's great, it seems that from now on you and Katyusha won't need life jackets in the water, apply a little bit of this thing to your skin and get out of the water and sunbathe comfortably." Louis also noticed the scene in front of him, stood up and patted Hugh on the shoulder, who smiled helplessly and wryly.
The storm came and went as fast as it came, and it didn't take long for it to subside, and the island was once again quiet, the air filled with the fresh smell of earth and grass, and the bushes and woods were washed away.
The agents pushed the ball and moved it deep into the jungle, not wanting the treasure to be seen by other ships and planes passing through the island, and the crater had been partially flooded by the storm, making it look like a small lake that was drying up, hiding the traces of the ball's impact.
Katyusha looked at her watch: "Half of the three days have passed, and if nothing else, our rescue helicopter should be here in a day and a half." ”
Katyusha took a picture of the new discovery and sent it to the Intelligence Center via text message along with its magical properties
"The SOS word on that island was blank before, do we need to try it here?" Louis asked curiously.
"Let them come to us! I don't want do-gooders other than our rescue helicopters to discover us and discover this priceless treasure. Hugh pointed to the orb hidden in the thick shade of the trees.
"Is it called a ball? It's a bit too cheesy, so let's give it a name, how about calling it an anti-gravity core? Olivia mentioned.
"It's a bit of a tall feeling, a nice name." Louis nodded and smiled.
"It's just the name, it's more scientific and professional." Hugh agreed.
"I don't have a problem, as long as it's easy to remember." Katyusha looked up at everyone.
"What is the force that holds the mercury-like liquid on the surface of the anti-gravity core moving around the sphere? It doesn't look biological, and it doesn't look like some sophisticated electronic device. Olivia frowned as she stared at the ripples of liquid on the surface.
"And I just noticed a detail, that is, the liquid can only be collected when you touch your finger to the ripples flowing on its surface, and the rest of its surface is very smooth to the touch, although it looks exactly the same material and texture as that liquid, but I can't collect any liquid, I don't know where that liquid came from, whether it has been lingering on its surface, or has it seeped from the inside of the light sphere?" Olivia then threw out the second question.
"I'm afraid this thing is more complicated than we imagined, could it be that aliens dropped it here?" Louis rubbed his chin in thought.
"Why did you only lose such a ball, and you didn't even send an alien spaceship to explain it to us, and you said it was bad to lose it? Lost on such a deserted island, if we hadn't been shipwrecked at sea, I don't know how many years it would have been before we could be discovered. Hugh shook his head, rejecting the alien hypothesis.
"Maybe it's just an interstellar substance, a collection of elements and principles that we don't know about, and after some kind of explosion or impact, it scatters to our planet." Katyusha spoke her mind.
"Let's leave the answers to all your questions to our researchers! Researching the origin of this anti-gravity core is not our specialty. Olivia concluded.
At this time, a crisp bell rang on Katyusha's watch, and it was Melinda calling: "Let's bring the sphere back first, but the capacity of the rescue helicopter may not be enough, and there are two submersible motorboats under it, which are going to the sunken sea area to carry out a material search mission, and a new piece of our equipment lies in the container on the bottom of the sea." Melinda informed everyone.
"What equipment?" Olivia asked curiously.
"A nano combat suit, which integrates the company's latest achievements in the field of nanotechnology and biosensors, can effectively reduce damage on the battlefield and enhance survivability. That's all I know, and when I get to the base, there will be experts to explain it to you. Melinda continued. The material search mission needs to be carried out by you, a total of twelve sets of combat suits, all of which have built-in bee-eye sensors on the combat suits, which can be easily located and salvaged them. ”
"It should be no problem to put the combat suit in the helicopter crew cabin, it's nothing more than everyone squeezing it. If the concern is that two motorboats are taking up the capacity of the helicopter, we can carry them to our current island after a material search mission, and put them on hold until a company ship passing through them will be carried out in the future. So the helicopter would have the ability to carry that ball, uh no, we gave it the name of the anti-gravity core. Hugh proposed a solution.