Chapter 15: The Ear of the Earth

Walking through the Death Canyon, the air flow surges, and from time to time there are small spiral columns, although the wind column has a small range, the wind is very strong, and can blow fist-sized stones, sweeping in it, and the whistling sound is very scary.

Everyone had to be careful to stay away, otherwise it would be very dangerous if they were caught in it.

Looking up, you can only see a line of sky, and there are thousands of cliffs on both sides, and it is difficult for apes to cross.

This Luobu Desert is known as the Sea of Death, because there are almost no living creatures to be seen, let alone birds and beasts, not even insects, and it is an extremely rare lifeless dead area on the earth.

This reminded Xiao Ling of the time when he was at the temporary rest stop before, and he heard the roar of wild wolves at night, and when he arrived in the center of this desert, he could no longer see any living creatures.

This feeling of desolation and silence can easily give rise to a terrifying and desperate sense of loneliness.

The ground in the canyon was getting lower and lower, and by noon twenty-five men had stopped.

In the center of the Grand Canyon, there is an unfathomable cress that slopes downward, and inside is layers of circular rock, spinning downward, shaped like a spinning top.

"Here we are." Zhou Kesheng and Li Zhibao both exhaled, with a hint of excitement and inexplicable fear on their faces.

Zhou Kesheng waved his hand and motioned for everyone to rest on the spot, he took out a map, and Xiao Ling took a closer look.

Zhou Kesheng pointed to the central area of the map and said: "The Luobu Desert is shaped like a human ear, and here is the ear hole of the ear of the earth, and what we are looking for is under this ear hole." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the depths of the sloping rift.

Xiao Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this.

The mysterious device they were looking for, the Pisces Jade Pendant, was right in front of them.

Li Zhibao said: "Everyone rested in place for an hour, and then entered the crack. ”

Zhang Shuang took out the nanolocator and punched a locator smaller than a grain of rice into a boulder on the side.

The female photographer Pang Yan held the camera, pressed the shutter into the depths of the inclined crack, took a few photos, and then suggested that everyone should take a group photo here.

Pang Yan's proposal was approved by everyone.

Although there were twenty-five people in the team, only eleven people finally decided to take a group photo, Xiao Ling didn't want to take a group photo, so he was pulled together by Yu Tingting.

Yu Tingting's father has been committed to the study of various mysterious phenomena, and he is quite famous in this field.

Originally, her father was going to participate in this scientific expedition, but she died of cancer half a year ago, so she replaced her father and became a member of this scientific expedition team.

Yu Tingting is only a few years older than Xiao Ling, she is sweet and lovely, loves to talk and laugh, and belongs to a self-familiar character, and in just a few days, she has already become familiar with Xiao Ling.

Now Yu Tingting personally came to take a group photo with him, Xiao Ling had no way to refuse, so he could only participate.

At the end of the group photo, Xiao Ling suddenly realized that the eleven people who participated in this group photo were the eleven people in the photo he had seen before.

Two photos half a year apart, the same eleven people, and even the background of the group photo, Xiao Ling suddenly had some indescribable strange and weird feelings in his heart.

At the end of the break, everyone stood up one after another, this time the atmosphere obviously became a little depressing, Xiao Ling noticed that the other fourteen members who were obviously professionally trained to escort them opened the camping backpacks they were carrying, and took out their firearms from them, all of which were the latest light submachine guns, although they looked light and small, easy to carry, but the firepower was extremely strong and lethal, even if it was a behemoth like a rhinoceros elephant, it could be easily hunted.

They took out their submachine guns, inserted military swords at their waists, and hung new grenades on their backs, and soon they were all fully armed.

In addition to these fourteen people, Sun Tao was also fully armed, with the submachine gun on his back and a pistol in his hand, his real identity was the leader of this fourteen-person armed team.

Their task with this fifteen-member team was to ensure the safety of the other ten members of the expedition.

Except for Xiao Ling, Zhou Kesheng and Li Zhibao were obviously not surprised by their sudden full armament, and did not show an expression of surprise.

Along the way, none of them were so equipped, let alone took out their guns, but now they were about to enter this underground inclined crack, but they were suddenly fully armed, and there was only one reason, it was not safe in this underground crack.

This thought made Xiao Ling lick his lips, a little nervous.

Zhou Kesheng felt Xiao Ling's nervousness, stretched out his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said: "Don't be nervous, just in case, although this Luobu Desert is known as the Sea of Death, birds and beasts are extinct, but deep in this underground crack, under the ear holes of the ear of the earth, it has its own ecosystem, forming another unique underground world, there will be some underground creatures, although these creatures may not be deadly, but it is always right to be careful." ”

After listening to Zhou Kesheng's explanation, Xiao Ling understood that although there was wind and sand everywhere on the ground, it was barren, but there were creatures in the underground world deep in this crack, and these people took out their guns to guard against them to ensure their safety.

When everything was ready, Sun Tao took the other fourteen fully armed team members and began to walk on the periphery, protecting ten people, including Xiao Ling, in the center, and the twenty-five scientific expedition team began to descend the slope rock formation.

The slope is not steep, there are layers of craters below, and everyone climbs carefully all the way down.

Sun Tao and the other fourteen people were very cautious, scanning the surroundings from time to time in case of accidents.

The crowd followed the layers of craters, going deeper and deeper, and the more they went, the darker the light, and soon they entered an underground crack more than a kilometer long under the slope.

The light from the outside world could no longer reach the depths of the crack, and everyone turned on the searchlight headlights on their helmets.

Sun Tao took out a searchlight used in field exploration, this searchlight was very bright, the beam was concentrated, and the irradiation distance was extremely far, he shone towards the depths of this crack, Xiao Ling vaguely heard a subtle "whoosh" sound from below, from the beam of this searchlight, a group of black shadows flashed, and soon disappeared into the depths of darkness.

"It's a bat." Sun Tao glanced at it from a distance and said in a deep voice, reminding everyone to pay attention.

Beneath this underground crack, there is a group of bats, and Sun Tao uses the light to scare them away from a distance, so as to prevent everyone from approaching them and being attacked.

The bats were frightened, and sure enough, they all quickly flew away and disappeared.

As the team continued down, the surrounding area became darker and darker, and looking down, the crack in the ground seemed unfathomable.