Chapter Forty-Six: The Other Ear in the South Pacific
Chapter Forty-Six: The Other Ear in the South Pacific
I ran over to Pulp and said, "Where?" β
"Shh......h
We quickly shut our mouths.
Xu Ergo pouted his ass and lay on the sand, like an ancient man listening to the sound of horses' hooves.
I followed his example, lying on the ground and listening. The ground is lifeless, and there is no one to talk to!
I said, "What did you hear?" β
Xu Erge was not reconciled, waved his hand at me, and continued to listen.
We waited a few more minutes before he stood up and said, "No, no......"
My first reaction was that Xu Ergo had a mental problem.
He looked at me and looked at him and said, "Someone really spoke just now!" β
I asked him, "What are you doing here alone, you are blinding in the dark?" β
He said, "I can't sleep, I'm here to record." β
I said, "What are you recording?" β
He wanted to say something, but he didn't seem to be able to say it, so he handed me something, which was a voice recorder, and most radio DJs carried it with them. He said: "I record some words every day, and you can understand it when you listen to it." β
I turned on the voice recorder and heard Xu Ergo's voice: "Today is April 25th, the fifth day of our entry into Lop Nur, all our communication equipment has failed, we have lost our way. I guess we're going to die in this no-man's land, Xiaoshuai, I'm happy to die with you......"
His tone was very, very pathetic, like the last broadcast before the death of the country.
Another recording: "Today is April 26, the sixth day we have entered Lop Nur and have not found our way. I am Xu Erge, and I live in Room 201, Gate 1, Building 8, Huachi Community, Qinhuai District, Nanjing. There are 11 people in our company, they are Zhou Dedong, Wei Zao, Pa Wan, Bai Xinxin, Meng Xiaoshuai, Pulp, Bubu, Yiwu, Zhang Hui, Outside, and a cute golden retriever with four eyes. Mom and Dad, I love you, always. β
Xu Ergo used the recorder as a black box.
Another recording: "Today is April 27, the seventh day of our entry into Lop Nur. We're trapped here, I'm scared, there's been a lot of research and explorers who have died here, and I know I'm probably going to die in this desert......"
"Good! As I was speaking this, I heard someone talking, very clearly! β
I said, "Are you sure it's not our camp that's talking?" β
He said, "I'm sure!" Because this sound comes from underground. β
I looked at the ground and felt a little scary.
I asked Xuergo, "Male or female?" β
He said, "A man." There seems to be the sound of a ship sailing. β
I said, "What did he say?" β
"He asked me β who are you?" What are you talking about? β
I said, "And then?" β
"At first, I wasn't sure where the sound was coming from, I thought it was in mid-air, so I said out loud, I'm a traveler, we're stuck in Lop Nur! The voice repeated, Lop Nur? I said, Lop Nur! Lop Nur in Xinjiang! β
I looked at Pulp, and Pulp kept staring at Xu Ergo.
Xu Ergo continued: "At this time, I heard that the voice was coming from the ground, so I quickly lay on the ground and asked, who are you?" I heard him say, "My name is Zhou Zhidan, and I'm on my way to Easter Island...... The sound of the ship faded away, and the voice disappeared. β
I said, "Where is Easter Island?" β
"I don't know. Sounds like a ...... of the underworld"
I said, "Hurry back to camp." β
I, Surgor, and Pulp ran back to camp and walked into my tent.
Bubu and Zhang Hui are in.
I said, "Zhang Hui, you call all of our people." β
Zhang Hui didn't know what was going on, so he quickly ran out.
After a while, Meng Xiaoshuai, Yiwu, Wei Zao, and Waiwai all came, and Bai Xinxin was the last to come.
I asked a question: "What are Li Zhao and Zheng Taiyuan doing?" β
"They were talking in the tent. β
I asked again, "Have you been calling?" β
He said, "Inβcalling." β
I said, "Is there a signal?" β
He shook his head.
I said, "It's all right." β
Then, I looked at Xu Ergo, and Xu Ergo recounted the experience just now.
Everyone's eyes widened, not knowing whether to be excited or scared.
I asked, "Do any of you know what Easter Island is?" β
Bubu said, "I know. β
I said, "Where is it?" β
Bubu said: "I don't think the Easter Island that Xu Ergo heard about should be the Easter Island I said......"
I said, "Where are you talking about Easter Island?" β
Bubu said, "What about Chile in South America! β
I suddenly remembered what Xu Erge said about "the sound of the ship sailing", and goosebumps suddenly rose all over my body.
I said, "Bubu, tell me about that Easter Island in the South Pacific!" β
"A few years ago, I wanted to travel there, but then I didn't feel well, so I canceled the plan," Bubu said. However, I have looked up a lot of information about it. β
Everyone listened quietly.
"This island is one of the world's top 10 mysterious islands, located in the southeastern South Pacific, north of Antarctica, about 3,700 kilometers west of Chile, isolated and solitary," Bubu said. It is one of the isolated islands, there are almost 1,000 mysterious giant stone statues on the island, no one knows who the carver is, the highest tens of meters, the heaviest 100 tons, no one knows how it was done. What's even more strange is that scientists used the original stone tools left behind to carve those stone statues, and the stone tools shattered. β
No one interjected.
Bubu continued: "Just like the wooden plaque we saw, wooden tablets with strange inscriptions were found on that island, and no expert in the world could decipher the symbols...... That's all I know. β
After a long silence, I suddenly said, "I have a whimsical idea, don't be afraid to say it." β
Meng Xiaoshuai stomped his feet: "You say! β
I asked, "Which of you has a map of the world on your phone?" β
"I have," said Xurgo. As he spoke, he pulled out his large mobile phone.
I said, "Can you check the latitude and longitude?" β
"Yes," said Surgor. β
Bubu asked me, "What are you going to do?" β
I said, "First of all, from the satellite, Lop Nur is one ear, right?" β
Bubu nodded blankly.
I said, "If you think of the earth as a giant head, it should have two ears." So where's the other ear? β
Meng Xiaoshuai was scared, and she hugged her shoulders tightly.
I said, "That is, what is the other side of the earth opposite Lop Nur?" β
Meng Xiaoshuai said weakly: "I seem to have read on the Internet that through the center of the earth, Shanghai's vertical symmetry point on the other side of the earth is Buenos Aires, Argentina. β
I said, "You can look it up." β
Then, I said to Hurgo: "There is a geographical detection method, if the west longitude is X degrees, and the north latitude is Y degrees, then through the center of the earth, the latitude and longitude of this point should be - 180-X degrees east longitude, Y degrees south latitude." You do the math. β
"The location opposite Lop Nur should be ...... 90Β°18'30" W, 40Β°25'30" S. β
I said, "Look, what is that place?" β
Xu Erge checked on his mobile phone for a long time, and finally said dumbfoundedly: "It's really like this......"
I took his phone and looked at it, and it corresponded to Lop Nur on the other side of the globe, right in the South Pacific Ocean west of Chile!
The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean, with an area of 181.344 million square kilometers, accounting for about one-third of the Earth......
I said, "I believe that at 90Β°18'30 west longitude and 40Β°25'30 south latitude, that pitch-black seabed must be a big ear pattern, but the satellite can't take pictures." β
"What's the matter with that voice I heard?" β
I said, "Hurgo speaks in one ear, and the man hears in the other." β
Bubu said, "This is too mysterious! β
I said, "Anywhere outside of these two ears, a few hundred meters apart, we can't hear the other person speak." However, in this mysterious area, both ears are connected. β
Xu Ergo said: "You mean that the person happens to be Chinese, and happens to be in that position in the South Pacific?" β
I said, "Maybe." This person hears your voice and tentatively speaks the right words. But your voice soon fades away, for their ship has sailed past that magical location......"
"Let's not go any further, stay here and keep shouting into the ground!" β
Bubu immediately said, "We have to go!" I'm looking for my husband! He must still be alive, he has nothing to eat or drink! β
"We're all lost, where can we find him?" β
Bubu said, "It's okay, you don't go, I'll go by myself tomorrow!" β
I said, "Bubu, don't get excited. β
Then I said to Xu Ergo: "In that sea area, I don't know that there will be ships passing by in the Year of the Monkey, and it is unrealistic for us to stay here and keep calling for help." We are counting on this Zhou Zhidan, if he firmly believes that what he heard is not an illusion, maybe he will call the police in China......"
Meng Xiaoshuai said excitedly: "So, we may be saved?" β
I said, "I don't know if he will do it, and even if he calls the police, I don't know if anyone will believe it......"
The outside stammered: "I have been calling on the radio, no one pays attention, Xu-Xu Erge is talking to himself, but someone replies...... It's inexplicable! β
I said, "That's what makes sense." β
Suddenly, shouting was heard outside.
It's Zheng Taiyuan.
I didn't know what was going on, and rushed out with an arrow.
Zheng Taiyuan ran out of the tent, his face panicked, and said to me: "That person, that person is crazy!" β